December 1997/January 1998 Issue
FEATURES
GIFTS WITH GERMAN ROOTS, pg 20
Looking for that special present? Consider quality items reflecting hundreds of years of tradition
FROM THE TALER TO THE EURO: HOW MUCH IS THAT IN REAL MONEY?, pg 22
Follow the efforts toward European monetary union from the distant past to the present By Robert
A. Selig
ATLANTIC CROSSING: NORTH AMERICAN TEENS WIN THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME, pg 26
Travel with these young visitors to Germany as they gain from a unique award
By Jill Metzler and Michelle Pentz
GERMANY'S CHRISTMAS MARKETS—WORLDS OF WEIHNACHTS-WONDER, pg 32
Celebrate the sights, sounds, and smells of the country's more than 500 holiday fairs
By Andrea S. and David Peevers
SOS KINDERDÖRFER—HOME FOR 30,000 CHILDREN IN 125 COUNTRIES, pg 38
Discover this successful program started with a small village in Austria
By John Dornberg
GERMAN-AMERICAN
OLD SALEM: A BIT OF MORAVIA IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH, pg 43
Experience the living history of this once distinct communitarian society
By Chuck Twardy
YESTERYEARS, pg 46
By James Crutchfield
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL, pg 4
Repasts with Reminders
By Heidi L. Whitesell
LETTERS, pg 6
IN BRIEF, pg 8
The Flooding of the Oder; LA's Black Forest Inn; Banking on Bavaria; Tracking Progress at Deutsche Bahn; LTU's New Winter Schedule; and Banter Box
By Ian McMaster.
PROFILE, pg 10
Claire Marienfeld: A Woman in the Ranks
By Thomas C. Lucey
GALLERY, pg 16
Glassmaking Traditions in Lauscha
By Regine Wosnitza
ENCOUNTERS, pg 48
Alpenhorns: From Switzerland to Bavaria
By Hans-Christian Rössler
AT HOME, pg 52
German Springerle: Christmas Cookies for Eats or Decorations
By Sharon Hudgins
LIBRARY
Reviews of Learn to Speak German: The Complete Interactive German Course; The German Research Companion; and Moment Mal!
CALENDAR, pg 60
AND FINALLY..., pg 64
Crucial Relations—Susceptible to Interference By Dieter Dettke
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