When our discussion turned on the rehabilitation of post-war Europe, a German university student referred to one person who left a lasting legacy. It was none other than Herbert Hoover, an American of German ancestry and was the 31st President of the United States of America (1929-1933). He had taken bold initiatives which saved the lives of millions of Germans and other Europeans in the Second World War that ravaged Europe.

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Here’s food for thought.

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It’s a satisfying, nutritious treat that’s a terrific source of vitamins A and C, and chock-full of the antioxidant lycopene.

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Whatever the persecution Germans faced historically what Dietmar Doering was telling me came into mind as to how the Germanic tribes under the command of Arminius (Hermann) by one stroke against the Roman Forces in Germania and the subsequent Germanic tribes invasion into the Roman Empire changed the trend of the world. If the Romans had succeeded to integrate the Germanic people, maybe the continuing Roman rule would have merged the European peoples into a permanent nation of Roman citizens. Possibly, Europe then might even have remained politically united in a single state.

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The history books in school never told you a lot of what happened during the Revolutionary War. Patriotism is (NOT) a sin, and the Fourth of July has always had more to it than fireworks, beer, picnics, baseball games, and another holiday off.

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Andrea was narrating various issues about Austria. When I asked Andrea how most of the Austrians identify themselves as Austrians or Germans, she said, “there are complex issues. We have a unique culture in Austria. So we feel comfortable when we identify ourselves as Austrians”. She also said, “We are less in number compared to those who are in Germany and that is the primary reason why we like to identify ourselves as Austrians”. That the German Nation and its people should be divided was a notion held by many European nations. Foreign powers had long interceded in German affairs, pitting one German principality against the other.The beginnings of a divided Germany may be traced back much further; to a Roman occupied Germania in the west and to Free Germania in the east. Starkly different ideologies have many times been developed due to conquerors and occupiers of sections of Germany. Poets talked of Zwei Seelen in einem Herz (Two souls in one heart).

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Whether you like him or not, George W. Bush has had quite a political background. This article provides a brief overview of the political history of the 43rd President of the United States of America.

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