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February/March 1999
FEATURES
Mission: Possible
Berlin awaits the U. S. Embassy building planned for the Pariser Platz
Admire the architectural plans—long held up by the U.S. Congress—now about to be realized
By Chuck Twardy
Ungarland Ist’s Reichste Land: Carlowitz, the Rákóczi Revolt, and the Origins of German Settlement in Hungary
Learn what led 400,000 Germans to float down the Danube River in the 18th century
By Robert A. Selig
Globalization German-Style
From Daimler-Benz to Bertelsmann, discover how German companies are learning to play the globalization game
John Dornberg
A Joyful Madness: Carnival in Basel
Celebrate the Swiss craziness of one of the world’s oldest festivities
By Rich Rubin
Russian Jews in Germany: A Post-Soviet Phenomenon
Become acquainted with those contributing to the renewal of Jewish life and culture in the country
By John Dornberg
GERMAN-AMERICAN
Learning by “Turning”:
The German Influence on American Physical Education
From sit-ups to jumping jacks, exercise with the originators of the gym class
By Annette R. Hofmann and Susan McKee
German-American Yesteryears
By Robert A. Selig
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial
Ethnic Exchanges
by Heidi L. Whitesell
Letters
In Brief
The Best of the Ball; Lincoln’s Ancestry; Germany’s New Federal Cabinet; Honoring Helmut; Erich Kästner’s 100th Birthday; and Banter Box
by Ian McMaster
Profile
Wilfried Wang: A Worldly View at Frankfurt’s Architecture Museum
By Ming Wong
Gallery
Vivid Tradition: Pennsylvania-German Folk Art
By Ute Ballay
At Home
Some Like It Hot: German Horseradish
By Sharon Hudgins
Language
Plattdeutsch—Niederdeutsch—Low German
By Jürgen Eichhoff
Library
Book Reviews of: Dona Leopoldina: The Hapsburg empress of Brazil; Deutsche
Sagen und Legenden: A Collection of Legends from the German-Speaking World. Film Review of Trial by Fire.
Calendar
And Finally...
Partial Payments on an Overdue Debt
By John Dornberg
Cover Photo:
Pondering in front of a carnival lantern, Basel, Switzerland.
Photo by Rich Rubin
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