Brief biographical profiles of famous Germans recognized worldwide in the arts, military, movies, politics, sciences, and sports.

This site from German Culture.com provides a description of techniques used by General von Steuben to create discipline in the Colonial Army.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Germans. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note: Content...

Learn about the culture of the German people living in Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

Learn about the culture of the Siberian German people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

An overview of the traditions and unique celebrations associated with weddings in Germany.

The Fipa are a Bantu-speaking people of southwestern Tanzania in East-Central Africa. The name "Fipa" appears to have been bestowed on them by nineteenth-century traders and means "people of the escarpment." It was later adopted by...

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of German Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Learn about the culture of the Ashkenazim of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

The Longoboards buildings reflect the accomplishments of the Lombards, a Germanic culture originally from northern Europe. These early medieval buildings are located across the Italian Peninsula and date from the 6th to 8th centuries....

The Afrikaners are descendants, to a great extent, of Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers, and, to a lesser extent, of English, Scottish, Irish, and other settlers of South Africa. The Dutch language of the first White settlers...

This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Adolf Eichmann.

This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Adam Elsheimer.

This bilingual dictionary includes support for cultural expressions.

While conventionally the period after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West is thought of as an age of darkness, in fact it was the formative period of a new culture. Christian missionaries brought a form of Christianity to the...

A history of the immigration of Russian-German people to Kansas.

A history of the immigration of Russian-German people to Kansas.

German settlers first came to what is now North Carolina as part of the second expedition sent to the Roanoke area by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. The largest influx of German people to North Carolina, however, occurred in the...

English version of the public relations site for the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. Click on the state crest to go to the original site in German.

A look at the people of Latvia and the many minorities. Find out the ethnic groups, languages, and religions of this country. Information from the CIA World Fact Book.

Explore the history of Pennsylvania's religious communities in this detailed, historical account. Contained within this site are links to audio, video, and pictorial images of events and people during this era.