german americans

In 1939 Hangerstown, Maryland, eleven-year-old Frankie faces suspicion that her German-born father is a Nazi spy.

Examines the experiences of German immigrants in the United States, discussing the reasons why they left their country, and their efforts to find jobs, homes, and build new lives. Includes a glossary, a list of famous German immigrants, and other reference tools.

Tells the story of Robert, Margarete and their children Johannes and Dorothea, who emigrate from Germany to the United States in 1850, landing in New Orleans and joining a wagon train headed west to Nebraska, the family establishes a farm outside Omaha, where almost 150 years later their descendants still live. Includes maps and illustrations.

"In 1943, when her German-born father is accused of plotting to aid the Nazis, twelve-year-old Dottie Zorn and her family are sent to the Internment Camp for Enemy Aliens in Crystal City, Texas, where Dottie uncovers a terrible secret about her best friend's family that could endanger her younger brother"--Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Amelia Kintz misses her snug little house in Germany after her family moves to a dirty shanty in an Ohio immigrant settlement in 1855.

Helmut Sanchez is shocked and saddened when he learns his employer, a renowned Yale professor, played a gruesome role in the Holocaust, and sets out to prove the professor's guilt and bring him to justice.

Germans came to America in the late 1600s and have helped shape our culture through the arts, business, and science.