Germans in America

It tells exciting family stories of blue-eyed settlers and successful farmers, of religious freethinkers and political refugees, of the dominance of the German press and the founders of industrial dynasties in their new homeland. 60 million Americans are of German descent. As the numerically strongest ethnic group, they shaped the cultural, economic, and public life of the American nation for centuries until they denied their identity out of shame and repression during WWI and WWII. But his accomplishments remain the foundation of American culture to this day. Original locations, archival items, descendants of immigrants, and careful historical reconstruction bring German-American history to life in this series.