Past Events
January 9th, 2010
January 3rd, 2009
Part
1 of the "Then and Now" presentation about the people and
School House Memories: Travel
back in time with Doug Ohman as he brings you
places just after the fall of
the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany
back to a time when all eight grades
were in one classroom. Reminisce school lunch,
20
years ago. Presentor for January will be David Smith of Apple
Valley
recess and of course "the three R's." Doug has many stories and
photographs that will
focusing
on his experiences traveling through East and West Germany
make you smile and laugh, but most of all remember a more gentle
and simple era of
just after the
fall of the Berlin Wall through to the all German Federal election
education.
in late 1990.
February 7th, 2009
February 6th, 2010
Germans in America: Into the Promised Land:
Part
2 of the "Then and Now" presentation. "20 Years after
Reunification"
Learn
about how a whole German village packed up and moved to America.
This presentation focuses on Berlin's identity 20 years
after reunification.
Then
follow a group of German-Americans from
Topics
that will be covered include remaining differences
between the Ossis,
Missouri
who travel to Germany in search of their roots.
East
Berliners and the Wessis, West Berliners on
education, employment and
Find
out about
the adventures of German-Americans in the California Gold
views
of life in the former GDR. Controversies
surrounding public sites in
Rush and
how their descendants tried to pass on their heritage to the next
generation.
Berlin, such as the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie and the
Hohenschönhausen
Prison, the home of the GDR Stasi. Berlin is a city
of fancinating history and
March 7th, 2009
questions
remain as to how history will portray it.
The
return of one of our favorite presenters, Professor Paul Schoens
Presenter Ginny Steinhagen is a Senior Lecturer in German
at the U of M.
Professor Schoens' presentation will be "Women of Significance in Germany".
April 4th, 2009
March 6th , 2010
Germans
in America DVD series: part 2: The Price of Freedom; German families
Paul
Sternberg's Photo Tour
cross the Atlantic to Texas to develop a massive settlement in the Texas Hill Country.
Paul Sternberg has visited Germany 7
times and Poland 4 times. On his
latest visit he traveled to Germany, Poland,
Czech Republic and Austria.
May 2nd, 2009
He
will share his photo tour of visits to
the cities of Northeim, Berlin,
Relationship between Norway and Germany throughout history
Neustrelitz,
Halle, Dresden, plus other
German cities. Prague, Czech
Presented by the Honorary Consul of the Royal Norwegian Consulate General.
Republic and Salzburg Austria.
June 6th, 2009
April 10, 2010
The
club welcomes back one of our favorite musical
groups. The Eric Ray group
playing traditional German music.
Join us for a night of music and dance, if you wish.
"The Expulsion of Ethnic Germans from East-Central Europe at the End of World War II".
July 2009--Summer
Break
Presenter, Professor Gary Cohen is Director
of the Center for Austrian Studies
and History at the U of M.
August 2, 2009
Annual
Club Picnic
May 1st, 2010
**No Presentation**
September 13th, 2009
Annelee Woodstrom, teacher and author
June 5th, 2010
War Child: Growing Up in Adolf Hitler's Germany
Annelee Solch was born in 1926 in rural Bavaria, Germany.
Manor
Homes of Pomerania--Death of Era
She witnessed the rise of Hitler and WWII through youthful eyes.
Take a journey into the past of Pomeranian villages and town such as
Schwerin, Güstrow, Schlemmin
No Program October 2009
with their stately manor homes. Each with unique design and history.
November 7th, 2009
Presenter, Professor LaVern Rippley of St. Olaf College Northfield.
Erika Neidert, owner of German
Speciality Imports in Prior Lake will be with us
to speak
about her home in Germany. The story of her coming to American
and
Prior Lake to start her import
business. Erika will also have a Christkindlsmarkt
(Christmas Market) boutique open for with a wide variety of holiday
items after her
presentation.
December 6, 2009
Annual Club Christmas Party