My mothers side of the family is German American, Came over in the mid 19th century to avoid overly political ideologies of Prussian imperialism, and I am happy to say that at least some of that German American culture is still alive for me and my family. Many of the cultural aspects that have survived in my family are subtle due to the more obvious differences being stomped out in the 1940's such as language (my grandmother was the last to learn old high German.) These subtle cultural things however exist, things such as not pointing at people as it is considered rude, learning German folktales and songs as a child or how more serious outlooks on life are considered normal, or things as simple as an absurdly large liking for sauerkraut.
We continued being fond of some German foods especially Limburger cheese which is repulsive to non Teutonic people then also those white hots made in Rochester which are really bratwurst then of course sauerkraut. But my paternal grandfather was the last German speaking member of the family who also played the slide trombone in a German oompah band. And on the corner of his street on the main drag of Lorain Road in west Cleveland there is a long established German restaurant, one of the last on this side of Cleveland.
nice to hear! I am from Germany living in Baden. The sister of my great-grandfather went with her husband to america. I am not sure in which state she went though.
Did your parents and grandparents pass you the German language, do you speak german? Why is your name Miller when it should be "Müller" ... You have german ancestors but you're Not a german-american....
@@putinisaterrorist2047 eben, ich mein wer sind wir, dass wir ihre Nationalität und Ethnie in Frage stellen. Ich bin aber auch der Meinung dass deutsche Großeltern die vor Jahrzehnten nach Amerika eingesiedelt sind dich nicht zur deutschen machen.
I’m American living in Germany. I recently learned that my great great great grandfather came from where I currently reside, Baden Wurttemberg. Full circle irony… Germany is fantastic.
That's funny considering dna testing sbows that they are genetically Germania. There was some genetic mixing obviously they are still primarily Germanic.
@GUILHERMY DOS SANTOS SILVA It's genetic, not culture, primary haplogroups that are germanic are R1B with U106 mutation/subclade and I1a with various sublcades from which you can separate west germans, east germans etc... English are majority with R1B-U106 (germanic) composure of English people would be Anglosaxon, Norman and Celtic
@Alex Tejada Exactly. The Norman influence softened the English language greatly. I'm not stalking you btw- You just maid better points than most people here!
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@conker bad day First off, coming from an Austrian, German and Austrians are the same. And yeah, actually an surprisingly amount of Austrians moved to the US, like in the five digits
@conker bad day Yeah, then tell me why for thousands of years and to this day Austrians were and are actually classified in the same group as Bavarian and in the bigger picture as German. Austria even was under Bavarian rule, when Austria first emerged. Austrians themselves described themselves as German till right after the end of WW2 and some people, like me, still do. Regional differences don’t count as a different ethnicity. Hell, think about some literally ethnic group in Iran and Afghanistan: They consider themselves the same, although they live in different countries and have a different accent when speaking their language. In fact, I wouldn’t call any Latin country the same but related to each other, some more, some less, while Austria and Germany are quite literally the same. Don’t you get that Austrians are German, to be more precise, Austro-Bavarian. If it would be as you described it to be, then why isn’t every single German state independent, because they would be quote „not the same“. You get it?
@conker bad day Yeah, but like I said before, those are regional differences. We don’t eat Pfefferpotast or idk what’s it called, neither do you. Do you really think an outsider would be able to tell the difference between Austria and Germany, especially south eastern Germany and Austria? I don’t think so. But just because our countries are split doesn’t mean we’re not the same. You just said that Mexico and Colombia are the same, which is and isn’t true at the same time. They have different cultures, different foods and almost everything about them is different, while Austria is the same as Germany in a lot of things. Also, just some historical background: Austria-Hungary was only a thing due to the early expansion of Austria. Austria simply didn’t have a choice than to give the Hungarians more autonomy to their own land, otherwise the Empire would fall apart, which happened after the end of WW1. Also after WW1, Austria clearly wanted to be a part of Germany as being a separated German country from the rest of what would to be the founding stones of the German Empire just 40 years prior to WW1, due to the so called „German Question“ and who would be the successor of a greater German Empire, with the two rivals being the Hohenzollern and the Habsburg
At last count, 81,000 Texans speak fluent German. We still have a German Free School here in Austin - and the Austin Saengerrunde / bowling alley downtown near Scholtz Garden (the oldest continually operating saloon in the state of Texas) before World War I German culture was huge here - with lavish parades down Congress Avenue. The current Austin Scottish Rite Temple was the old German Turn Verein.
I am 46% Germanic and I had no idea until recently. Thank u for this video. U taught me a lot of info in a short span of time Abt the customs and traditions of German Americans and what my ancestors helped bring to help shape America. ❤️
I honestly love different cultures and people of the world. I feel like disrespecting others' culture or heritage makes God sad, because we're really all more related than we are different. Peace be with you Ali
I am a proud Italian German. My Grandparents came to America to escape the Hitler nazi life. I am grateful my Grandparents gave me the American life. Danka Grandma and Grandpa Dettmer
@Paul Smith Mom's side is German and Dad's side is Canadian. My grandpa was born in Canada and moved to the US in his 20s. Grandma on mon's side is half German and Grandpa in mom's side is 3/4 German.
I have German ancestry on both sides of my family, but it primarily came from my paternal grandmother whose family emigrated to the Midwest during the early 19th century. The rest came over during the Colonial Era.
My family came to America in 1845 from Neiderelbert, Germany. Today they are the single largest ethnic ancestry in America. Very proud of our great German heritage and culture. I hope we can keep the traditions alive. We need them now more than ever! 🇺🇸❤️🇩🇪
I have always felt a bit envious of people who have a cultural heritage/language that is a part of their regular lives and communities. I have never felt like I have a cultural identity beyond "American" and that always makes me sad. Now I realize this is part of the reason why- I'm mostly German. My culture was erased. Makes me wonder what my recent ancestors might have experienced during that time.
Same with my family. Both parents have German ancestry in them with my dad also being of Polish (technically, my Poznan ancestors would loudly protest they are German) and Lithuanian descent. Actually it turns out that both sides had family from the same town, Hettenhausen in the Rhineland-Palatinate.
First settlers of my extended family were Irish/German on my dads side & polish/English on my mother’s side. I have a strong German last name that originates from the Rhine region.
Before the outbreak of WW1, around 300.000 German refugees have ended up in the Americas where they have been interned. They fled Bolshevism and somehow did not make it to Germany, which had a influx of refugees from the East. Then WW1 broke out. Beginning 1600's the Germans started to settle America. They would found many villages and towns and small-city's. They would found Germantown,Pennsylvania and fight the Revolutionary battle of Germatown. Germantown is also called "Freedoms backyard" because it had enormous impact in the fight against slavery. In fact,it was German-American produce which helped the USA gain independence from British-produce. Friedrich the Great has gifted a sword to George Washington with a personal note: From worlds oldest General to worlds best General. A Oil painting in the White House depicting Washington and Friedrich's sword is still available. Otto von Bismarck donated various German Beech-Trees which are still standing today, part of a Monument for German Americans in Texas. The Germans have built the "Conestoga Wagon" (American Frontier), those Wild-West-Wagons in the Western-Movies are German-Wagons. The Germans also supported and created the first Anti-Slavery Petition in the USA, it also supported one of the first Human-Rights declarations,USA. The Germans printed the first Bible in the USA. The Beer Brewery's Budweiser,Miller,Pabst are of German, mostly southern-German origin. The largest German News-Paper building was in the USA (logically being the largest ethnic population of the USA). The German (Christian) settlers have also been the ethnic majority in the fight against slavery and for independence from Britain. - In 1917 38% of the USA spoke German, which was the absolute majority, after Woodrow Wilson would ban "German-America" and erase its history, it decreased. Roosevelt would add to the elimination of German-American history. Today, 100 years after the ban of German-America, almost no "German"-American is aware of his history or that he has German roots. That his ancestors in US America have sacked slavery and the British Empire is absolutely forgotten and swept under the rug. - Historically, the USA joined its Arch-Enemy Britain to crush its best friends and partner-Nation Germany over night, for British interest.
My paternal grandparents both immigrated from Germany just before WW1. My grandfather came from Kaiserslautern and my grandma came from Potsdam. I still have family in Germany. My grandparents kept both the language and customs alive in our house for decades. My mom was Irish/Canadian from Nova Scotia.
I've known of my German ancestry since I was very young. I knew my great grandfather, who came to America with his parents and other family members in the late 1800s, to my early teens and likewise am with him picturing the four generations. My family always thought they came from Baden-Baden, but that was not the case having been there and there was no trace of that family in over 200 years. By pure luck a few years later, I discovered the family was from Rodenbach, and any relatives previously in the surrounding area, there was no trace of them after 1902.
My father’s side came over from Germany in the early 1700’s and settled in the Germantown area. I have no idea why they decided to come here but it’s assumed to seek opportunity and a much better life than what they had going in Germany. I often wonder what they were like.
I am Austrian from Austria I moved to the US when I was 17 with my family. It always was so funny to me that people would say that they are Austrian as well but they didn’t any speak German or did know anything about Austria.. don’t get me wrong I love when people love austria but there is a big difference between Austrians/ Germans and American Austrians/Germans. 🇦🇹🙌🏻 just saying. Much love.
Aber Bayern sind den Österreichern näher als den Norddeutschen. Bavarians of Southern Germany are closer to Austrians than to Northern Germans. Not only geographically also by culture and mentality
Very interesting for a guy from Sweden... F.ex. Bruce Springsteen should have some german roots.. Actually Katrin Krabbes trainer in old DDR was called Springsteen. It sounds like "blast-rock" in Swedish. It could be an old military name for a Sapper/blast specialist...
My mothers gggggggggggreat-grandfather was Col. Cornelius ten Broeck from Muenster, who settled in Colonial New Netherlands (later New York). He built a Dutch roofed house that became the New York State Senate house in Kingston. The other side of my Family were Heinz from the Black Forrest region.
Descended from Prairieleut Hutterites/Mennonites of German-Russian and Austrian-Russian heritage. I'm also a bit Rhinelander, East Prussian, Swiss, and Pfalzisch Edit: this isn't German, but it is Germanic. I'm also a little Dutch
I heard that, until World War I, German was the language used in many Midwestern states in their schools and churches. Anti-German feeling was so strong in the US then that the use of German ceased immediately and many German-Americans anglicized their names. I had no idea that Germans were placed in internment camps during that war. And I was really surprised to hear that this was the case during the Second World War; I had only heard about the Japanese, though perhaps that's because the Japanese had been interned in far greater numbers.
Why do Americans of German descent hate the Germans so much? I am Irish-Scottish and would never leave Australia to go and attack them. I have always founds this really strange!
Where do you get that from? If Americans of German descent would hate Germans or Germany, they wouldn't be upkeeping German traditions and cultures like Oktoberfest, even keeping these things alive during times of heavy discrimination during WW2. There is no hate at all. In fact, there is a keen interest on what life and culture is like back home in Germany. Just look at channels like Feli, who talks about this sort of stuff, how many Americans follow her.
They like to sit on their high horses and criticize us, but if you *dare* to say one thing bad about their fatherland they scream and spray you with currywurst sauce. Ugh been spending too much time on reddit. btw I’m saying this as someone with half-german ancestry.😂
AUSTRIA STARTED WORLD WAR ONE. AN AUSTRIAN STARTED WORLD WAR TWO. WE GERMAN AMERICANS WERE TREATED LIKE IT WAS OUR FAULT. I KNOW HOW GOOD JAPANESE AMERICANS FELT.
My mother is Mexican Spanish and German. People don’t know this but millions of Germans also went to Latin America. Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil have large German populations. In Mexico all the famous Mexican beers like Corona, Modelo, and Pacifico were all founded by German immigrants to Mexico. Cheers, salute, and prost 🍻
That's true. The three states in the extreme south of Brazil received large numbers of German immigrants (as well as Northern Italians and Slavs), especially the state of Santa Catarina, whose largest city Blumenau has the second largest Oktoberfest in the world.
German American can be Hispanic Americans too if their recent ancestors came from Latin America of German heritage or marriage between Latino and German American
Other actors , actresses of German ancestry, stock, Linda Blair, Merrile Streep, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, President Esinhower. Lenoardo Di Caprio, a percentage of German decent. Joey Lawrence, Dorthy Lyman, Joanna Kerns.
@Alex Tejada Where is your problem you idiot. There are endless videos on Yt where Sandra tells her German origins herself and even speaks german like in Jimmy Kimmel show. Sandra Bullocks mother was the German opera singers Helga Meyer ! Sandra's father was the singing teacher John Bullock and met her mother through classical music in Germany : bodyheightweight. com/ sandra-bullock-family/
I once saw a US propaganda film from the Second World War praising German-Americans and trying to dispel prejudice against them. The film showed some US generals of German descent (including Eisenhower) to show how patriotic they were. Given the anti-German attitudes referred to in this video, now the need for that propaganda film makes more sense.
@conker bad day english, scottish and welsh are different people that live in the british isles they are not a single ething group so they dont outnumber the german americans
I was born in the 1960s, a full generation after WWII; but, because I grew up in NYC and had a lot of friends whose parents or grandparents were Holocaust survivors, I dismissed my German heritage -- despite that my ancestors were part of the 19th Century immigration, and the last Germans to arrive were WWI refugees from the French expulsion of ethic Germans in Alsace & Lorraine. And, as ranging between a second and fifth generation American, assimilation was the touchstone. Thus, I never learned German, Italian, or French. Now, I am getting more in touch with my German heritage. Oddly, when I tell people that I am "half German," they immediately assume that I am Jewish and my family survived persecution -- I attribute this to stereotypes that render indistinguishable Italians (my other half, and the side I resemble physically) and Jews, both of whom have large cultural presence in NYC. (I have lived my adult and professional life in another major US city)
Before the outbreak of WW1, around 300.000 German refugees have ended up in the Americas where they have been interned. They fled Bolshevism and somehow did not make it to Germany, which had a influx of refugees from the East. Then WW1 broke out. Beginning 1600's the Germans started to settle America. They would found many villages and towns and small-city's. They would found Germantown,Pennsylvania and fight the Revolutionary battle of Germatown. Germantown is also called "Freedoms backyard" because it had enormous impact in the fight against slavery. In fact,it was German-American produce which helped the USA gain independence from British-produce. Friedrich the Great has gifted a sword to George Washington with a personal note: From worlds oldest General to worlds best General. A Oil painting in the White House depicting Washington and Friedrich's sword is still available. Otto von Bismarck donated various German Beech-Trees which are still standing today, part of a Monument for German Americans in Texas. The Germans have built the "Conestoga Wagon" (American Frontier), those Wild-West-Wagons in the Western-Movies are German-Wagons. The Germans also supported and created the first Anti-Slavery Petition in the USA, it also supported one of the first Human-Rights declarations,USA. The Germans printed the first Bible in the USA. The Beer Brewery's Budweiser,Miller,Pabst are of German, mostly southern-German origin. The largest German News-Paper building was in the USA (logically being the largest ethnic population of the USA). The German (Christian) settlers have also been the ethnic majority in the fight against slavery and for independence from Britain. - In 1917 38% of the USA spoke German, which was the absolute majority, after Woodrow Wilson would ban "German-America" and erase its history, it decreased. Roosevelt would add to the elimination of German-American history. Today, 100 years after the ban of German-America, almost no "German"-American is aware of his history or that he has German roots. That his ancestors in US America have sacked slavery and the British Empire is absolutely forgotten and swept under the rug. - Historically, the USA joined its Arch-Enemy Britain to crush its best friends and partner-Nation Germany over night, for British interest. - Dont be ashamed, for if your ancestors would of not settled America, slavery would probably still be a thing and the USA would officially be New-Britain. I know why they dont like you 🙂
I as an indian, who finds it fascinating the dilemma of America and Germany being enemies when apparently a huge percent of Americans have german ancestry, appreciate your comment.
My name is Hessian supposedly so there could have been a deserted German mercenary in my family tree dating from the period of the American revolution. But in general many Germans emigrated to the United States to escape Prussian militarism since Prussia and then the German Empire had conscription at a time when the United States typically had no military draft at least between the end of the civil war and the First World War.
Some were drugged, captured & sold. Some were tricked under false pretense. Some had their parents & relatives killed so that upon arrival they can use the dead relative’s “expenses incurred” attached to the child who could never repay the amount thus stayed in slavery until death.
If I am not mistaken there was the story of half Saxonian or half-Prussian artillery captain in the Union Army during the Civil War that is just a story mind you, once beat a slave owner, with the very same rod, not whip he used to beat a slave that was released into the care of the Union Army,
Meine mütterliche seite der Familie ist Deutschamerikaner. Sie haben bis zweihundert jahre Deutsch sprechen, aber nach den erster Weltkrieg sie kurzen die nachname haben gewesen gezwungen. Meine mütterliche seite von die Familie haben Deutsch Kultur, Sprache, und Tradition, bis meine Mutter mit mein Vater verheiratet, praktiziert. Ich habe, meisten bei selbst, die Deutsche Sprache gelernt. Ich glaube das, Deutschamerikaner haben bei den Amerikanisch Regierung völkmorderte gewesen.
Ja, but IWas and live in Argentina. Wey are hier 4 millons deutsch-argenteins. Ford all the Argentiniens ist Not "verboten" speaking at the lenguage from unsers ancestrys, and can der National Day from the 2° Homeland celebrate (Germany, Italy, Spanien, Poland, etc) And in World Cup for Al supported (and First, Argentina). Saludos, Viele Grüße from the Pampas (hier is America to) 🇦🇷🇩🇪 Jorge/Jürgen/George
It's not true. The English still outnumber the Germans. The numbers don't show this because in the 1980 census, you could not tick the box "American" for ethnicity, there was English and German and in 1980, there were more English than Germans and today, the census shows fewer English than even the 1980 census which is mathematically impossible.
Total bullshit. German Americans are the largest ethnic group in America. Don't forget how many people hid their heritage during ww1 and ww2 even lying to family members.
I've been reading some books about the First World War, and I found that many german immigrants had their surnames anglicized due to anti-german sentiment.
This is a myth! Try doing just a slight bit of research and you will find that the Americans with British ancestry almost always invariably see themselves as purely American. At the census in 1783 at the moment that England recognised the independence of the United States, after the independence a war, there were 2.75million Brits and a few thousand Germans.For the following few decades, those of English ancestry, by majority, would proudly call themselves American, due to the bitterness, lasting from the violence in the war against the mother country.Then there was the demagoguery, from the new elites, feeling the need to galvanise prideful zeal to sustain the project, which they felt could still, for the pieces in the early years, as they felt particularly vulnerable without the potential of the Royal Navy protecting them any longer. More Germans started coming after 1790, and then the floodgates opened for Irish and Germans, after 1820, but the Brits were still coming in fewer, but still similar numbers. Germans are definitely the 2nd most prominent ancestry and they are often more likely to identify with their ethnic group, because right from 1820, it was a distinction over the next centuries, because that time culture was so Anglicised, from all the education institutions, to the political structures.People with German ancestry often felt sensitive about their identity as the main minority group, so it would always be in the forefront of their identity over the generations
My father like other German American father's fought against the Japanese in WWII. Like almost all Americans they volunteered to defend the world against the tyranny of dictators. Almost every father, and uncle they had served in some capacity in the military. Even then many Merchant Marines sacrificed their lives to provide for the many American men serving. I'm also Polish American and for many Poles that remained in Europe and were unable to migrate to America they lost their lives in service to their country or innocently in Germany's attempt at ruling the world. To be American is something to be proud of......German not so much.
Being proud to be american huh? Proud of the genocide of the natives? Proud of the enslavment of millions of blacks for hundreds of years? Proud of killing millions of rice famers or brutalizing the whole middle east? You can always focus on the bad sides
2:47 What is "American"? We still ask today. 🙂Instead of calling it New-England,New-France, why not call it New-Europe? To be "American" means, since at least 1917, to forget where you are coming from, that is what it means to be "American". As Donald J Trump himself states "My father is German, (i mean) "was" German". I was going around in 2016 saying MAGA, Make America German Again 😀 But unfortunately Trump would not give Germany its 75 year long awaited Peace-Treaty, he would rather make a deal with Saudi-Arabia and sanction the German-Economy (German-Business). I guess Trump is no longer "German", his father "was" a German once. That is a very strange state of mind, dont yall think?
Take it with a pinch of salt, a large number of Americans or those who self identify as American, are descendants from British (English, Scottish, Welsh) settlers and colonialists. The surnames gives it away. There is also a large number who are Irish descent. America began independence in 1783 with a large number of British descent population, the majority in the main, moving from one part of the Britain to the States. German migrants began arriving in numbers in the middle of 19th century, and represent another chunk of the European descent population, prevalent in the upper mid west. Whilst Trump is the best example of German Scottish descent, it shows how much of a melting pot the US is.
@@worstchoresmadesimple6259 1917 all German names have been "Americanized". Sauerkraut became "Liberty Cabbage", Heisser-Hund became "Hot-Dog". - German settlers have build "Germantown" in Pennsylvania in 1683 and have made the first Anti-Slavery-Petition and one of the first Universal Human Rights Declarations. Germantown is also known as "Freedoms-Back-Yard. - The Germans did not arrive 1800's or early 1900's. The Germans started settling over 300 years ago. And the first State was born in the heart & mind of German settlers. - The Surnames,Family names have been Americanized in 1917 and almost all German-American literature & history destroyed , by "British" interest. 🙂
@@germaniatv1870 I tend to think that English Colonialists and settlers in the 19th century outnumber any other population in the US by a considerable undercount. They didn’t just disappear 😎
@@worstchoresmadesimple6259 If this would be so, Britain would have not lost control over the USA. Right, they did not disappear...they moved to Canada-Quebec. The Brits & French would eventually cease their issues and focus on "Germany". - Its funny that USA always denies the settlement of Germans in America. The first Printing-Press and the First Bible printed in America, the first brewery , independent paper-mills ect was established by German settlers. The Germans would pass out Bibles like hot-buns. - The Revolutionary Battle of Germantown. The majority of the White population of the USA is registered as the (German) majority and thats not only because world war 1 & 2. 🙂 George Washington & Friedrich the Great of Prussia. Without a doubt, the Germans settlers and the partnership with Germany helped the USA become independent from Britain and this is the reason why the "Revolutions" have been instigated in France & Germany (1848-49) which have failed. Then Germany sacked Napoleon... and the British & French wanted revenge. - The Independence of the USA made France & Britain focus on Germanys destruction over 150 years before outbreak of World War 1. - There is little doubt that without the German settlers , the US would have not gained independence from Britain. - Germany was and is (culturally & economically) the greatest rivals to the British & French and the British are known as the "Arch-Enemy" of the USA. - Today, after two world wars, Britain has become the US's best friend and made the Germans a "arch-enemy" to the USA which is absolute historical bullsquad 🙂 - Its almost as if: No Germans, No Independence. 😄
A Celtic-Germanic. If you would have had native-American,African,Asian,Hindu in you, then you would be a true melting-pot. Your ancestry sound like you live in central-Europe 😄
So since my relatives were born in Germany and my dad here in US, that doesn't make me German? That's what you started about our beloved President Trump.
You learn a bit of German and you begin to realize a lot of American last names are German words.
True!
@Paul Smith . Many blacks have those names as well.
A lot of Germans changed their names to English sounding names after ww1 and ww2.
@@hnys7976 . Very true. I'd wager there are close to 70 million people of German descent in the USA.
@Ava . Cool! I'm a huge Germanophile.♡
I am proud to be German American!!!!!!
Im Proud of you.
@@germaniatv1870. Ditto! LOVE the Germans!!!!!
@@rockyracoon3233 ❤🩹
Why not only german
German women are the most beautiful in the world❤
My mothers side of the family is German American, Came over in the mid 19th century to avoid overly political ideologies of Prussian imperialism, and I am happy to say that at least some of that German American culture is still alive for me and my family. Many of the cultural aspects that have survived in my family are subtle due to the more obvious differences being stomped out in the 1940's such as language (my grandmother was the last to learn old high German.) These subtle cultural things however exist, things such as not pointing at people as it is considered rude, learning German folktales and songs as a child or how more serious outlooks on life are considered normal, or things as simple as an absurdly large liking for sauerkraut.
We continued being fond of some German foods especially Limburger cheese which is repulsive to non Teutonic people then also those white hots made in Rochester which are really bratwurst then of course sauerkraut. But my paternal grandfather was the last German speaking member of the family who also played the slide trombone in a German oompah band. And on the corner of his street on the main drag of Lorain Road in west Cleveland there is a long established German restaurant, one of the last on this side of Cleveland.
My family came to America in 1895 from Baden Germany.
nice to hear! I am from Germany living in Baden. The sister of my great-grandfather went with her husband to america. I am not sure in which state she went though.
What they did when arrived? Did they start doing engineering and factory 😂
@@AOE5578 I am sorry, I don't know anything about it.
Also my great grandparents immigrated to united states in 1945 from munich/münchen germany
I found out where they went. They immigrated to millwaukee in wisconsin.
I'm proud to be a german american (deutschamerikaner)
As u should be!♡
Did your parents and grandparents pass you the German language, do you speak german? Why is your name Miller when it should be "Müller" ... You have german ancestors but you're Not a german-american....
You.are.very.lucky
@@putinisaterrorist2047 eben, ich mein wer sind wir, dass wir ihre Nationalität und Ethnie in Frage stellen. Ich bin aber auch der Meinung dass deutsche Großeltern die vor Jahrzehnten nach Amerika eingesiedelt sind dich nicht zur deutschen machen.
Nice, I'm descendant from Germans too!
Most of my family is from Ostpreussen
I’m American living in Germany. I recently learned that my great great great grandfather came from where I currently reside, Baden Wurttemberg. Full circle irony… Germany is fantastic.
Fact: Anglosaxons are also Germanic as well as the Germans
@Alex Tejada . The English language is Germanic however.
That's funny considering dna testing sbows that they are genetically Germania. There was some genetic mixing obviously they are still primarily Germanic.
@GUILHERMY DOS SANTOS SILVA It's genetic, not culture, primary haplogroups that are germanic are R1B with U106 mutation/subclade and I1a with various sublcades from which you can separate west germans, east germans etc... English are majority with R1B-U106 (germanic) composure of English people would be Anglosaxon, Norman and Celtic
@Alex Tejada Exactly. The Norman influence softened the English language greatly. I'm not stalking you btw- You just maid better points than most people here!
@Alex Tejada No. Most of what is UK today has German roots. Germans are Anglo-Saxons and Celtic.
I am Celtic and German.
Great video! Me being an Austrian watching this really felt like this video was about me! Continue such great videos!
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@conker bad day First off, coming from an Austrian, German and Austrians are the same. And yeah, actually an surprisingly amount of Austrians moved to the US, like in the five digits
@conker bad day Yeah, then tell me why for thousands of years and to this day Austrians were and are actually classified in the same group as Bavarian and in the bigger picture as German. Austria even was under Bavarian rule, when Austria first emerged. Austrians themselves described themselves as German till right after the end of WW2 and some people, like me, still do. Regional differences don’t count as a different ethnicity. Hell, think about some literally ethnic group in Iran and Afghanistan: They consider themselves the same, although they live in different countries and have a different accent when speaking their language. In fact, I wouldn’t call any Latin country the same but related to each other, some more, some less, while Austria and Germany are quite literally the same. Don’t you get that Austrians are German, to be more precise, Austro-Bavarian. If it would be as you described it to be, then why isn’t every single German state independent, because they would be quote „not the same“. You get it?
@conker bad day Yeah, but like I said before, those are regional differences. We don’t eat Pfefferpotast or idk what’s it called, neither do you. Do you really think an outsider would be able to tell the difference between Austria and Germany, especially south eastern Germany and Austria? I don’t think so. But just because our countries are split doesn’t mean we’re not the same. You just said that Mexico and Colombia are the same, which is and isn’t true at the same time. They have different cultures, different foods and almost everything about them is different, while Austria is the same as Germany in a lot of things. Also, just some historical background: Austria-Hungary was only a thing due to the early expansion of Austria. Austria simply didn’t have a choice than to give the Hungarians more autonomy to their own land, otherwise the Empire would fall apart, which happened after the end of WW1. Also after WW1, Austria clearly wanted to be a part of Germany as being a separated German country from the rest of what would to be the founding stones of the German Empire just 40 years prior to WW1, due to the so called „German Question“ and who would be the successor of a greater German Empire, with the two rivals being the Hohenzollern and the Habsburg
@@Kameliius you don’t even speak German.. how would you know.?!
At last count, 81,000 Texans speak fluent German. We still have a German Free School here in Austin - and the Austin Saengerrunde / bowling alley downtown near Scholtz Garden (the oldest continually operating saloon in the state of Texas) before World War I German culture was huge here - with lavish parades down Congress Avenue. The current Austin Scottish Rite Temple was the old German Turn Verein.
Proud American of English and German ancestry here.
@conker bad day there's no Nazi side
@conker bad day that is racist not all germans were nazis and they are not now
@@johnlomax2502 l respect both your sides as a greek i love germany and england
@@tatot1 thank you, friend 🙏❤️
@@johnlomax2502 👍
Hardworking decent and moral people. The upper Midwest is heavily German . Festivals , Restaurants and breweries created for and by Germans.
I am 46% Germanic and I had no idea until recently. Thank u for this video. U taught me a lot of info in a short span of time Abt the customs and traditions of German Americans and what my ancestors helped bring to help shape America. ❤️
As a devout Germanophile I am grateful!🇩🇪
I'm Deutsch/ Hmong American ❤️
I am proud to be a German-American.
Did your parents and grandparents pass you the German language, do you speak german?.. You have german ancestors but you're Not a german-american....
@@putinisaterrorist2047 anime pfp, opinion invalid.
@@bungieborris9111 people still writting this in today? Dude, it's 2021 not 2009.
@@putinisaterrorist2047 I think it's more sad people still watching anime. Unless you're a kid in which case I guess I understand
@@bungieborris9111 yes i'm a kid and 8 years old
My great grandparents immigrated to united states in 1930s
Is that you on your pfp ?
If so your really pretty 😍
@@frans8160 yep that's me
America came to my land in 1848. If you know, you know
i love germans
So do I!!!!
:3 yay
And we love you man
I honestly love different cultures and people of the world. I feel like disrespecting others' culture or heritage makes God sad, because we're really all more related than we are different. Peace be with you Ali
@@tenbroeck1958 i don't really know about the god part, but i take the respect, may peace be with you at all times
I am a proud Italian German. My Grandparents came to America to escape the Hitler nazi life. I am grateful my Grandparents gave me the American life. Danka Grandma and Grandpa Dettmer
Italian/German mix? U must be beautiful!
You support Colonialism,Communism,Gulags,Boer-War's and Slavery?
I am a proud German American!!! Deutsch Amerikaner!!!!!
@Paul Smith Mom's side is German and Dad's side is Canadian. My grandpa was born in Canada and moved to the US in his 20s. Grandma on mon's side is half German and Grandpa in mom's side is 3/4 German.
@@andrewstravels2096 do you have dna??
@@hannahmiller8080 Yes, I took an Ancestry DNA test a few years ago, and I have copies of family records.
@@andrewstravels2096 same i'm german american too
@@hannahmiller8080 Very cool!
I have German ancestry on both sides of my family, but it primarily came from my paternal grandmother whose family emigrated to the Midwest during the early 19th century. The rest came over during the Colonial Era.
my great grandfather was a first generation German American during WW2, and he was placed in a mental institution because he was German.
Sad!:'(
@conker bad day what's your god damn problem? Who are you trying to start a fight with
@conker bad day stop doing that your everywhere being a racist to germans
@conker bad day lol
@conker bad day I'm a blue eyed blonde hair German and all the ladies love me :p thanks German ancestory
My family came to America in 1845 from Neiderelbert, Germany. Today they are the single largest ethnic ancestry in America. Very proud of our great German heritage and culture. I hope we can keep the traditions alive. We need them now more than ever! 🇺🇸❤️🇩🇪
The english come from germany
I didn't know this.... Informative and great video! Danke schön!
I have always felt a bit envious of people who have a cultural heritage/language that is a part of their regular lives and communities. I have never felt like I have a cultural identity beyond "American" and that always makes me sad. Now I realize this is part of the reason why- I'm mostly German. My culture was erased. Makes me wonder what my recent ancestors might have experienced during that time.
There are a lot of German American societies out there. Check to see if any of these vereins are near you.
I have a lot of German ancestry in my family. Our main native language is English but we are also German by family heritage.
Same with my family. Both parents have German ancestry in them with my dad also being of Polish (technically, my Poznan ancestors would loudly protest they are German) and Lithuanian descent. Actually it turns out that both sides had family from the same town, Hettenhausen in the Rhineland-Palatinate.
Why don't u learn how to speak your own language?
First settlers of my extended family were Irish/German on my dads side & polish/English on my mother’s side. I have a strong German last name that originates from the Rhine region.
Nice to hear! For the record, I'm a unabashed Germanophile!♡
What's your last name?:)
@@fs6492 you tryna dox me 👀😂
@@mssaltygiggles XD
@@rockyracoon3233 Wunderbar! Great!
Yes, I’m of German ancestry!
Your face looks German, your name sounds Anglo-American. 😀
ferguson?
@@davehoward22 fegurson is a German name
My ancestors were Scots, Czechs, and Germans.
The German and English language were the same before they became 2 separate languages.
English is like super dumbed down version of german imo
That would be over 1500 years ago!
not true.. Dutch language is more closer to English rather than German.
No way
Old Scandinavian
Back bone of America.
Before the outbreak of WW1, around 300.000 German refugees have ended up in the Americas where they have been interned. They fled Bolshevism and somehow did not make it to Germany, which had a influx of refugees from the East. Then WW1 broke out. Beginning 1600's the Germans started to settle America. They would found many villages and towns and small-city's. They would found Germantown,Pennsylvania and fight the Revolutionary battle of Germatown. Germantown is also called "Freedoms backyard" because it had enormous impact in the fight against slavery. In fact,it was German-American produce which helped the USA gain independence from British-produce.
Friedrich the Great has gifted a sword to George Washington with a personal note: From worlds oldest General to worlds best General. A Oil painting in the White House depicting Washington and Friedrich's sword is still available.
Otto von Bismarck donated various German Beech-Trees which are still standing today, part of a Monument for German Americans in Texas.
The Germans have built the "Conestoga Wagon" (American Frontier), those Wild-West-Wagons in the Western-Movies are German-Wagons.
The Germans also supported and created the first Anti-Slavery Petition in the USA, it also supported one of the first Human-Rights declarations,USA. The Germans printed the first Bible in the USA. The Beer Brewery's Budweiser,Miller,Pabst are of German, mostly southern-German origin. The largest German News-Paper building was in the USA (logically being the largest ethnic population of the USA). The German (Christian) settlers have also been the ethnic majority in the fight against slavery and for independence from Britain.
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In 1917 38% of the USA spoke German, which was the absolute majority, after Woodrow Wilson would ban "German-America" and erase its history, it decreased. Roosevelt would add to the elimination of German-American history. Today, 100 years after the ban of German-America, almost no "German"-American is aware of his history or that he has German roots. That his ancestors in US America have sacked slavery and the British Empire is absolutely forgotten and swept under the rug.
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Historically, the USA joined its Arch-Enemy Britain to crush its best friends and partner-Nation Germany over night, for British interest.
My paternal grandparents both immigrated from Germany just before WW1. My grandfather came from Kaiserslautern and my grandma came from Potsdam. I still have family in Germany. My grandparents kept both the language and customs alive in our house for decades. My mom was Irish/Canadian from Nova Scotia.
I've known of my German ancestry since I was very young. I knew my great grandfather, who came to America with his parents and other family members in the late 1800s, to my early teens and likewise am with him picturing the four generations. My family always thought they came from Baden-Baden, but that was not the case having been there and there was no trace of that family in over 200 years. By pure luck a few years later, I discovered the family was from Rodenbach, and any relatives previously in the surrounding area, there was no trace of them after 1902.
My father’s side came over from Germany in the early 1700’s and settled in the Germantown area. I have no idea why they decided to come here but it’s assumed to seek opportunity and a much better life than what they had going in Germany. I often wonder what they were like.
I am Austrian from Austria I moved to the US when I was 17 with my family.
It always was so funny to me that people would say that they are Austrian as well but they didn’t any speak German or did know anything about Austria.. don’t get me wrong I love when people love austria but there is a big difference between Austrians/ Germans and American Austrians/Germans. 🇦🇹🙌🏻 just saying. Much love.
Aber Bayern sind den Österreichern näher als den Norddeutschen. Bavarians of Southern Germany are closer to Austrians than to Northern Germans. Not only geographically also by culture and mentality
Great video!
Very interesting.
Very interesting for a guy from Sweden... F.ex. Bruce Springsteen should have some german roots.. Actually Katrin Krabbes trainer in old DDR was called Springsteen. It sounds like "blast-rock" in Swedish. It could be an old military name for a Sapper/blast specialist...
My mothers gggggggggggreat-grandfather was Col. Cornelius ten Broeck from Muenster, who settled in Colonial New Netherlands (later New York). He built a Dutch roofed house that became the New York State Senate house in Kingston. The other side of my Family were Heinz from the Black Forrest region.
My gggggggggreat grandfather moved to Philadelphia from Bavarian Germany, he actually live in Philadelphia around 1776
Descended from Prairieleut Hutterites/Mennonites of German-Russian and Austrian-Russian heritage. I'm also a bit Rhinelander, East Prussian, Swiss, and Pfalzisch
Edit: this isn't German, but it is Germanic. I'm also a little Dutch
Do you have any Islander ancestry? Or is “Williams-Morrison” an anglicization? Just curious :)
I heard that, until World War I, German was the language used in many Midwestern states in their schools and churches. Anti-German feeling was so strong in the US then that the use of German ceased immediately and many German-Americans anglicized their names. I had no idea that Germans were placed in internment camps during that war. And I was really surprised to hear that this was the case during the Second World War; I had only heard about the Japanese, though perhaps that's because the Japanese had been interned in far greater numbers.
Es ist schön zu sehen wie viele Amerikaner deutsche Wurzeln haben. Das macht mich stolz. ; )
Why do Americans of German descent hate the Germans so much? I am Irish-Scottish and would never leave Australia to go and attack them. I have always founds this really strange!
Where do you get that from? If Americans of German descent would hate Germans or Germany, they wouldn't be upkeeping German traditions and cultures like Oktoberfest, even keeping these things alive during times of heavy discrimination during WW2. There is no hate at all. In fact, there is a keen interest on what life and culture is like back home in Germany. Just look at channels like Feli, who talks about this sort of stuff, how many Americans follow her.
They like to sit on their high horses and criticize us, but if you *dare* to say one thing bad about their fatherland they scream and spray you with currywurst sauce. Ugh been spending too much time on reddit.
btw I’m saying this as someone with half-german ancestry.😂
I'm extremely proud of my German/native American heritage
AUSTRIA STARTED WORLD WAR ONE. AN AUSTRIAN STARTED WORLD WAR TWO. WE GERMAN AMERICANS WERE TREATED LIKE IT WAS OUR FAULT. I KNOW HOW GOOD JAPANESE AMERICANS FELT.
Ok... Germany started world war 2, and germany was the main fighter for the cetral powers.
My mother is Mexican Spanish and German. People don’t know this but millions of Germans also went to Latin America. Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil have large German populations.
In Mexico all the famous Mexican beers like Corona, Modelo, and Pacifico were all founded by German immigrants to Mexico. Cheers, salute, and prost 🍻
Cool
Mexico, Colombia , Venezuela and Costa Rica have no large German Populations.
That's true. The three states in the extreme south of Brazil received large numbers of German immigrants (as well as Northern Italians and Slavs), especially the state of Santa Catarina, whose largest city Blumenau has the second largest Oktoberfest in the world.
German American can be Hispanic Americans too if their recent ancestors came from Latin America of German heritage or marriage between Latino and German American
I have some german in me, not much. Im more irish but i still love this video
Other actors , actresses of German ancestry, stock, Linda Blair, Merrile Streep, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, President Esinhower. Lenoardo Di Caprio, a percentage of German decent. Joey Lawrence, Dorthy Lyman, Joanna Kerns.
Amanda Seyfried, Kirsten Dunst, Katherine Heigl, Bethany Joy Lenz, Doris Day.
Jessica lange was mixture of finnish and polish.
Sandra Bullock, Heidi Klum, Diane Kruger, Grace Kelly
Sandra Bullok had a german mother and lived in Nurnberg/Germany until she was 12. Heidi Klum and Diane Kruger parents were completly germans
@Alex Tejada Where is your problem you idiot. There are endless videos on Yt where Sandra tells her German origins herself and even speaks german like in Jimmy Kimmel show. Sandra Bullocks mother was the German opera singers Helga Meyer ! Sandra's father was the singing teacher John Bullock and met her mother through classical music in Germany : bodyheightweight. com/ sandra-bullock-family/
proud deutschamerikaner
They don't forbid the Spanish because the countries that speak it are not rivals for the USA.
But No one is talking about IT they Put Them in Concertration Camps and discriminated Germans before ww2
I once saw a US propaganda film from the Second World War praising German-Americans and trying to dispel prejudice against them. The film showed some US generals of German descent (including Eisenhower) to show how patriotic they were. Given the anti-German attitudes referred to in this video, now the need for that propaganda film makes more sense.
Interesting Video, I am german and think this history is very fascinating!
@conker bad day Nope! Check the census
@conker bad day english, scottish and welsh are different people that live in the british isles they are not a single ething group so they dont outnumber the german americans
I was born in the 1960s, a full generation after WWII; but, because I grew up in NYC and had a lot of friends whose parents or grandparents were Holocaust survivors, I dismissed my German heritage -- despite that my ancestors were part of the 19th Century immigration, and the last Germans to arrive were WWI refugees from the French expulsion of ethic Germans in Alsace & Lorraine. And, as ranging between a second and fifth generation American, assimilation was the touchstone. Thus, I never learned German, Italian, or French. Now, I am getting more in touch with my German heritage. Oddly, when I tell people that I am "half German," they immediately assume that I am Jewish and my family survived persecution -- I attribute this to stereotypes that render indistinguishable Italians (my other half, and the side I resemble physically) and Jews, both of whom have large cultural presence in NYC. (I have lived my adult and professional life in another major US city)
Before the outbreak of WW1, around 300.000 German refugees have ended up in the Americas where they have been interned. They fled Bolshevism and somehow did not make it to Germany, which had a influx of refugees from the East. Then WW1 broke out. Beginning 1600's the Germans started to settle America. They would found many villages and towns and small-city's. They would found Germantown,Pennsylvania and fight the Revolutionary battle of Germatown. Germantown is also called "Freedoms backyard" because it had enormous impact in the fight against slavery. In fact,it was German-American produce which helped the USA gain independence from British-produce.
Friedrich the Great has gifted a sword to George Washington with a personal note: From worlds oldest General to worlds best General. A Oil painting in the White House depicting Washington and Friedrich's sword is still available.
Otto von Bismarck donated various German Beech-Trees which are still standing today, part of a Monument for German Americans in Texas.
The Germans have built the "Conestoga Wagon" (American Frontier), those Wild-West-Wagons in the Western-Movies are German-Wagons.
The Germans also supported and created the first Anti-Slavery Petition in the USA, it also supported one of the first Human-Rights declarations,USA. The Germans printed the first Bible in the USA. The Beer Brewery's Budweiser,Miller,Pabst are of German, mostly southern-German origin. The largest German News-Paper building was in the USA (logically being the largest ethnic population of the USA). The German (Christian) settlers have also been the ethnic majority in the fight against slavery and for independence from Britain.
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In 1917 38% of the USA spoke German, which was the absolute majority, after Woodrow Wilson would ban "German-America" and erase its history, it decreased. Roosevelt would add to the elimination of German-American history. Today, 100 years after the ban of German-America, almost no "German"-American is aware of his history or that he has German roots. That his ancestors in US America have sacked slavery and the British Empire is absolutely forgotten and swept under the rug.
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Historically, the USA joined its Arch-Enemy Britain to crush its best friends and partner-Nation Germany over night, for British interest.
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Dont be ashamed, for if your ancestors would of not settled America, slavery would probably still be a thing and the USA would officially be New-Britain. I know why they dont like you 🙂
I as an indian, who finds it fascinating the dilemma of America and Germany being enemies when apparently a huge percent of Americans have german ancestry, appreciate your comment.
Dont worry. Most of the germans would dismiss your german heritage too. Youd just be an amerimutt here
I Got sum German ancestry on my mothers Side my father is black and my mother Irish scottish and German ancestry
My name is Hessian supposedly so there could have been a deserted German mercenary in my family tree dating from the period of the American revolution. But in general many Germans emigrated to the United States to escape Prussian militarism since Prussia and then the German Empire had conscription at a time when the United States typically had no military draft at least between the end of the civil war and the First World War.
Some were drugged, captured & sold. Some were tricked under false pretense. Some had their parents & relatives killed so that upon arrival they can use the dead relative’s “expenses incurred” attached to the child who could never repay the amount thus stayed in slavery until death.
My ancestors were Rhinelanders. Eppenberg ubd Miesenheim and Koblenz.Devout Catholics as many became Monks and Nuns in the Franciscan Orders.
I am alan i am afromexican philipino Italian Spanish German i have 15 percent German blood
I'm part asian and I also come from former east Germany. I hold a German passport lol.
My grandfather came to America from Germany. His name was Yossal Goldstein-Steinman. He was a currency speculator. He finances the Democrats.
As An Irish American With A Little Bit Of German I Can Relate Because My Grandmother's Grandfather Came From Germany
I am of Slavo-Germanic ancestry.
My. Family. Cam in. 1910. Teens
If I am not mistaken there was the story of half Saxonian or half-Prussian artillery captain in the Union Army during the Civil War that is just a story mind you, once beat a slave owner, with the very same rod, not whip he used to beat a slave that was released into the care of the Union Army,
Meine mütterliche seite der Familie ist Deutschamerikaner. Sie haben bis zweihundert jahre Deutsch sprechen, aber nach den erster Weltkrieg sie kurzen die nachname haben gewesen gezwungen. Meine mütterliche seite von die Familie haben Deutsch Kultur, Sprache, und Tradition, bis meine Mutter mit mein Vater verheiratet, praktiziert. Ich habe, meisten bei selbst, die Deutsche Sprache gelernt.
Ich glaube das, Deutschamerikaner haben bei den Amerikanisch Regierung völkmorderte gewesen.
Ja, but IWas and live in Argentina. Wey are hier 4 millons deutsch-argenteins. Ford all the Argentiniens ist Not "verboten" speaking at the lenguage from unsers ancestrys, and can der National Day from the 2° Homeland celebrate (Germany, Italy, Spanien, Poland, etc) And in World Cup for Al supported (and First, Argentina). Saludos, Viele Grüße from the Pampas (hier is America to) 🇦🇷🇩🇪 Jorge/Jürgen/George
Germany used a different way of colonization.
Texas/German! Ha. LIsten to a Mexican marchi band - polka
So his grandparents were deutsche but not the kid they made was. Maybe he was a robot.
My family on both sides are German immigrants from the first great war
What happened to the Anglo-America? 😢
It's not true. The English still outnumber the Germans. The numbers don't show this because in the 1980 census, you could not tick the box "American" for ethnicity, there was English and German and in 1980, there were more English than Germans and today, the census shows fewer English than even the 1980 census which is mathematically impossible.
Total bullshit. German Americans are the largest ethnic group in America. Don't forget how many people hid their heritage during ww1 and ww2 even lying to family members.
@@bjornkretzmann . Well said! I'm a proud Germanophile too!!!
@Paul Smith . I am aware of that.
@Paul Smith . Probably over 60 million!
But there's more irish than english here in america
If Trump will lie about it, it must be an important subject! 🐥
I've been reading some books about the First World War, and I found that many german immigrants had their surnames anglicized due to anti-german sentiment.
This is a myth! Try doing just a slight bit of research and you will find that the Americans with British ancestry almost always invariably see themselves as purely American. At the census in 1783 at the moment that England recognised the independence of the United States, after the independence a war, there were 2.75million Brits and a few thousand Germans.For the following few decades, those of English ancestry, by majority, would proudly call themselves American, due to the bitterness, lasting from the violence in the war against the mother country.Then there was the demagoguery, from the new elites, feeling the need to galvanise prideful zeal to sustain the project, which they felt could still, for the pieces in the early years, as they felt particularly vulnerable without the potential of the Royal Navy protecting them any longer.
More Germans started coming after 1790, and then the floodgates opened for Irish and Germans, after 1820, but the Brits were still coming in fewer, but still similar numbers.
Germans are definitely the 2nd most prominent ancestry and they are often more likely to identify with their ethnic group, because right from 1820, it was a distinction over the next centuries, because that time culture was so Anglicised, from all the education institutions, to the political structures.People with German ancestry often felt sensitive about their identity as the main minority group, so it would always be in the forefront of their identity over the generations
Agreed💯💯💯🇬🇧🇺🇸
Look at Lunenberg,Nova Scotia Canadas immigration from Germany 5:06 5:06 5:06
But don’t forget this country was founded by English Americans
The English are still more, don't mind the needless noise by the new arrivals😂😂😂
i think us german americans take alot of our culture for granted just because its the norm in the us
Why is it called the US should be called German empire
That's why we slip into fascism every so often. And minorities are marginalized. But theres alot of good values as well.
@@steffenam u consider right wing fascist..how desperate you are
Look to Lunenberg Nova Scotia Canada imagration thru Shafhausen
Schaffhausen is in Switzerland
English.
My father like other German American father's fought against the Japanese in WWII. Like almost all Americans they volunteered to defend the world against the tyranny of dictators. Almost every father, and uncle they had served in some capacity in the military. Even then many Merchant Marines sacrificed their lives to provide for the many American men serving. I'm also Polish American and for many Poles that remained in Europe and were unable to migrate to America they lost their lives in service to their country or innocently in Germany's attempt at ruling the world. To be American is something to be proud of......German not so much.
You can be proud of being a German while not being a Nazi. I have no clue why some people still can't grasp this concept.
Being proud to be american huh? Proud of the genocide of the natives? Proud of the enslavment of millions of blacks for hundreds of years? Proud of killing millions of rice famers or brutalizing the whole middle east? You can always focus on the bad sides
2:47 What is "American"? We still ask today. 🙂Instead of calling it New-England,New-France, why not call it New-Europe? To be "American" means, since at least 1917, to forget where you are coming from, that is what it means to be "American". As Donald J Trump himself states "My father is German, (i mean) "was" German".
I was going around in 2016 saying MAGA, Make America German Again 😀 But unfortunately Trump would not give Germany its 75 year long awaited Peace-Treaty, he would rather make a deal with Saudi-Arabia and sanction the German-Economy (German-Business). I guess Trump is no longer "German", his father "was" a German once. That is a very strange state of mind, dont yall think?
You don't want an american treaty ... ask the Indians or ukraine.
Take it with a pinch of salt, a large number of Americans or those who self identify as American, are descendants from British (English, Scottish, Welsh) settlers and colonialists. The surnames gives it away. There is also a large number who are Irish descent. America began independence in 1783 with a large number of British descent population, the majority in the main, moving from one part of the Britain to the States. German migrants began arriving in numbers in the middle of 19th century, and represent another chunk of the European descent population, prevalent in the upper mid west. Whilst Trump is the best example of German Scottish descent, it shows how much of a melting pot the US is.
@@worstchoresmadesimple6259 1917 all German names have been "Americanized".
Sauerkraut became "Liberty Cabbage", Heisser-Hund became "Hot-Dog".
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German settlers have build "Germantown" in Pennsylvania in 1683 and have made the first Anti-Slavery-Petition and one of the first Universal Human Rights Declarations. Germantown is also known as "Freedoms-Back-Yard.
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The Germans did not arrive 1800's or early 1900's. The Germans started settling over 300 years ago. And the first State was born in the heart & mind of German settlers.
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The Surnames,Family names have been Americanized in 1917 and almost all German-American literature & history destroyed , by "British" interest.
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@@germaniatv1870 I tend to think that English Colonialists and settlers in the 19th century outnumber any other population in the US by a considerable undercount. They didn’t just disappear 😎
@@worstchoresmadesimple6259 If this would be so, Britain would have not lost control over the USA. Right, they did not disappear...they moved to Canada-Quebec. The Brits & French would eventually cease their issues and focus on "Germany".
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Its funny that USA always denies the settlement of Germans in America. The first Printing-Press and the First Bible printed in America, the first brewery , independent paper-mills ect was established by German settlers. The Germans would pass out Bibles like hot-buns.
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The Revolutionary Battle of Germantown.
The majority of the White population of the USA is registered as the (German) majority and thats not only because world war 1 & 2. 🙂
George Washington & Friedrich the Great of Prussia. Without a doubt, the Germans settlers and the partnership with Germany helped the USA become independent from Britain and this is the reason why the "Revolutions" have been instigated in France & Germany (1848-49) which have failed. Then Germany sacked Napoleon... and the British & French wanted revenge.
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The Independence of the USA made France & Britain focus on Germanys destruction over 150 years before outbreak of World War 1.
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There is little doubt that without the German settlers , the US would have not gained independence from Britain.
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Germany was and is (culturally & economically) the greatest rivals to the British & French and the British are known as the "Arch-Enemy" of the USA.
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Today, after two world wars, Britain has become the US's best friend and made the Germans a "arch-enemy" to the USA which is absolute historical bullsquad 🙂
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Its almost as if: No Germans, No Independence. 😄
Is that why there's so much violence?
nope.
@conker bad day Are you saying that because of "Germans" there is so much violence?
@conker bad day no its not
I'm even more boring than I thought. 55% German and 45% Polish. Lol
Why did you put trump in this video.?
Because his half German American.. like it or not
Now u all use german words in ur language lol
I'm a living melting pot. German, Irish ,Scottish & Dutch 😘
A Celtic-Germanic. If you would have had native-American,African,Asian,Hindu in you, then you would be a true melting-pot.
Your ancestry sound like you live in central-Europe
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@@germaniatv1870 actually no, I live in USA but I do have Native American also it's so wash out it doesn't really count. 🤣
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Trump's father was not born in Germany.
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But both of his parents were.
His dad was born in the US to German parents
@@tylerbozinovski427him mom was born in Scotland came to America in 1930
@@vernicejillmagsino9603 What I meant to say was both of Fred Trump's parents were born in Germany.
So since my relatives were born in Germany and my dad here in US, that doesn't make me German? That's what you started about our beloved President Trump.
They occupied the land of native Americans
Native tribes occupied the land of other native tribes lol... So what? 🇩🇪🇺🇸💪