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Exemplary Writings by Dr. Wolfgang Plenio, a retired gymnasium professor, who lives near Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. In 1973, Wolfgang, who was born in 1930, was Yogi Reppmann’s Latin tutor in secondary school. Excerpts from his body of thought, drawn from the correspondence between Plenio and Reppmann over the years, are contained in this booklet. E.g. "A Journey through the Greek World of Thought"; "America (Dvor...

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The Origins of the Nazi Regime and the Conclusion of its Murderous Dictatorship

The period of National Socialism in Germany and the horrors of the Hitler regime cannot be understood apart from the political and societal developments that preceded them. The events that took place between the wars and during the Nazi dictatorship have been analyzed, illuminated, and described many times. The literature on the st...

Ever since they first set foot in the United States, Gitta and Joachim „Yogi“ Reppmann have been a living ­example of the furthering of German-American friendship. Cultural ­exchanges between Germany and the American Midwest (the „Heartland“), formerly an important destination for German emigrants, have been a major focus of their lives. Drawing on his experiences of four decades spent in two continents, Yogi Reppmann describe...

Eric Braeden lives in Pacific Palisades, CA, known as “Weimar am Pazifik“ since 1933; across from his house is the elegant villa where Thomas Mann, a German literature Nobel laureate from Schleswig-Holstein, spent his years in exile during the Second World War. Braeden has appeared in over 120 TV productions and films, including “Titanic“ (1997). Beginning in 1980, he has made daily appearances on US TV, as well as in 28 other...

Eric Braeden, a Hollywood star from Bredenbek, and historian Yogi Reppmann from Flensburg (both towns are located in the northernmost German State of Schleswig-Holstein); their friendship goes back to 1989: here, in 2014, after a tennis match in Flensburg, on the border with Denmark. Both are fascinated by the timeless concepts, ideas and values of a democratic revolution, The Legacy of 1848, Through Today.

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Ian and Deane Barbour helped 1948 to remove debris in Germany

     This book publishes the US diaries of Ian and Deane Barbour, Northfield, MN, who in 1948 participated in summer work camps in Münster and Hamburg. The young couple worked with American, Dutch, and German students to clear rubble from bombed buildings. These Christian groups also sought understanding and reconciliation between former enemies, and experienced mome...

Hamburg 1945 Video 

The Stoltenberg Institute of Forty-eighter Studies, a forum for German-American discourse. The Institute is named in honor of Dr. Gerhard Stoltenberg (1929-2001), who served as Minister-President of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. An advisory board for the new institute has also been formed. Chaired by Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Cincinnati, Ohio (www.donheinrichtolzmann.net), its members include Henry Kissinger, Eric Braeden,...

Der Journalist Dieter E. Wilhelmy, Flenburg Journal, spricht mit dem in Northfield, US-Bundesstaat Minnesota und Flensburg lebenden Historiker Joachim “Yogi” Reppmann über das deutsch-amerikanische Verhältnis. Sie analysieren das Amerikabild der Deutschen, die “Seele “ Amerikas, und was sich hinter den Vorstellungen vom jeweils anderen verbirgt.
Sie sprechen über die Recherchen, die Reppmann seit 30 Jahren über die Rolle von...

“Six men from the crowd were then appointed to retrieve Henry to see if some arrangement might be made to do away with the printing of the paper. The appointees may not have been carrying a rope as they headed off to Henry’s house, but Henry’s daughter Norma had heard that a lynching was certainly an option in their minds. A friend of Henry’s, however, had already called to say that he ought to get over to the office.

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