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It’s the early to mid 1800s in Missouri. The state’s German population is seeing an increase, especially in the cities of St. Louis and Hermann. Many are…
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St. Louis will soon have Bismarck Street again.A yellow commemorative sign will go up Saturday morning at the corner of Seventh and Lami streets in the…
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From Dortmund to St. Louis, cities face ‘contradicting messages’ in efforts to incorporate newcomersThousands of miles separate St. Louis, Missouri, from Dortmund, Germany, but when it comes to immigration and refugee resettlement, the two cities aren’t…
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When Mike Behle decided to transform his family’s quiet property in Florissant, Missouri, into a unique resource for artists, he didn’t know exactly how…
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St. Louis has a long history as a melting pot of different cultures and a new, photo-illustrated book, “Ethnic St. Louis,” is striving to do justice to…
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It’s a frequently shared adage in publishing that only 3 percent of the books published in the United States are translations from books originally…
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In 1833, two men from Giessen, Germany, decided to immigrate to the United States where they hoped to create their own utopia with the freedoms and…
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World War I collared the spread of German culture and language across the globe. Though far from the front lines, St. Louis’s vibrant German community was…
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When Berlin-based conceptual artists Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock first visited St. Louis in 2002, they were surprised by how familiar the city felt to…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 19, 2013: WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago this week, President John F. Kennedy confronted Cold War…