Multiculturalism

  • There are many "foreigners" (at least in the legal sense) in Germany.  Read about Germany's citizenship laws in this government web pamphlet.

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  • The Frankfurter Rundschau is collecting its articles on the dual citizenship debate in Germany.  The texts are mainly in German, but there is the occasional related piece in the English edition, such as this one.

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  • The largest group are Turks, many are former "Gastarbeiter" ("guest workers," but really contracted temporary laborers) and their families. Some informative links to sites concerned with Turkish culture and Turks in Germany can be found here:

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  • General Information about Turkish culture.

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  • Dozens of useful links about Turkish culture in Germany are provide by Robert Shea on his Germans and Turks, including this slightly silly but very sincere homage to Berlin's favorite Turkish import,

    • the DönnerDöner Kebap.
     
  • An article on the history of Turks in Germany, especially in Hamburg.

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  • Information on the Immigration and politics in Germany.

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  • And some follow up information and exercises on foreigners in Germany.

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  •  Ever wonder how the Germans see themselves?  Here is a photographic answer: Deutsche sehen Deutsche.

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  • More from the prolific Mr. Shea: on German and American stereotypes.

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  • Less humorous is the violence directed against perceived non-Germans by neo-Nazis.  The German government has published this brochure on the subject that includes some statistics.

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  • Since many people have started to rely on Schindler's List as a primary text in teaching the Holocaust, I recommend looking at collection of teaching aids are available from Tulane University, especially their Student Discussion Questions.

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  • The Ninth is not just a day for celebration. On the 9th of November in 1938, an organized pogrom against Jews in Germany and Nazi occupied Europe marked the start of the Holocaust. Images from "Kristallnacht" ("Night of the Broken Glass") and others can be viewed at the Holocaust Pictures Exhibition.

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  • Believe it or not: there are LIVING Jews in Germany too, and they're on-line!  One such organization is Hagalil, an international web site with articles and links (in German, mainly) on Jewish culture and society.

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  • On a lighter side (if not toasted), visit Solomon Bagels, what I think must be the very first German bagel store with its own web page.  They claim bagels are not just bread, but a "philosophy."  If you say so....  Another example of a growing "judeophilic" trend in Germany today.  It's not about real Jews so much as German fantasies and desires about Jews.  And of course, the cynic adds, about making a Deutschmark (soon to be Euro).
  • More on this (in German) in the Zitty article from 1998 on German "hyping" of Judaica.

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