Germans

Nationalism and Colonialism in the German Empire Within these two novels, there lies a common theme which aims to further develop and explore the state of the German mindset within the late 18th to early 19th century. One of these themes is the German belief of their racial superiority over all other existing races. The people of the German Empire believed that their racial purity and specific traits made them of a higher standard than those of any other ethnicity. For example, Rash states that the German belief of purity originated from a work by Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau. Gobineau’s work detailed the idea of mankind being an originally perfect being that was facing continuous degeneration, mostly through the intermingling and mixture…

German Expressionism’s goal was to express feelings in the most extreme and straightforward fashion and used distortion to show an emotion rather then a facial appearance. Soviet Dialecticism used film “montage” to show collisions of different elements. The Dialecticism goal was to convey characteristics and sensations in the most direct fashion. German Expressionism’s narrative structure was formed from legends and the actions of the supernatural, while Soviet Dialecticism’s narrative…

German-American heritage, over time, has integrated with Americans that first migrated to America causing a loss of German identity. German immigrants had a major impact on the development on the United States over the course of four centuries, which is left out when students learn about the history of the United States. Learning about German-Americans is only one example of understanding how the United States development shows how the country is a melting pot of different cultures and…

“Before 1914, German-Americans were widely considered to be the “most assimilable and reputable of the immigrant groups” in America. They were richly diverse ethic group, differentiated by social and economic background, political and religious affiliation, stage of assimilation, and geographical location.” However, this attitude changed drastically once America declared war on Germany. The United States entering the war brought along a tremendous hysteria throughout the country and left every…

This name was given to the United States in 1908 after it was used as a metaphor describing the combination of nationalities, cultures, and ethnicities in a play know by the same name. All people come from somewhere and in the United States during the four waves of immigration this was the case along with many European immigrants. Looking at the history of German immigrants coming to the United States the sources found gave the reader a perspective on the Germans that they saw America as a…

The Hager name originated from Germany ancestors. The Germans had problems in their homeland which caused them to emigrate to America. Many came looking for jobs, land, and a new life. Numerous lives were taking from starvation and many struggled with poverty. Germans were the largest part of the immigrants that moved over to the U.S. They have brought activities and traditions that Americans use all the time. Germans migrated over to this country for multiple reasons. The early settlements…

provides, or the topic within the film? Although the genre is flooded with gore and jump-scares, the films that are based in mystery and ideas can be equally as scary to the viewer. Considering horror films is rooted heavily in the German Expressionist movement, and specifically The…

regarding race and loyalties, which, in turn, led to fears of conflicting German American loyalties during World War 1. German Americans were specifically singled out because German Americans had particularly close ties to their mother country and German Americans…

look at my last name and ponder at its origin. The name “Misel” is also an Americanized variant of “Maisel,” the name adopted by my forefathers when they immigrated to this land. Despite my German surname and heritage, there is little German about me. I no longer have any connections to the country of my origin and have had little exposure to German culture and traditions. When offered the opportunity to learn German in high school, I chose Spanish instead -- a language that I viewed as more…

Ideas and beliefs have proved to be an extraordinary force throughout all of history. Ideas in the enlightenment period leading to a new way of thinking, religious beliefs leading to war. For Italy, Germany and others it was nationalism which changed their history in the 19th century and led to wars for independence. Although nationalism helped Italian and German unification it also led to the breakup of empires such as the Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman. Nationalism is the idea that people of…