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Das Beste zweier Welten - Flensburg Journal, 2013
Dieter Wilhelmy - vierteilige Serie im Hochglanzmagazin Dr. Joachim „Yogi“ Reppmann ist Historiker und verbringt seit 1992 je sechs...
Joachim Reppmann
Jan 17, 20221 min read


1932-2022: Nationalism - Then & Now
Keokuk Peace Letters (331 p) - How to Shape the Future Today we sense once again that the fundamental values of our communal life are...
Joachim Reppmann
Jan 5, 20221 min read


1932-2022: Nationalism - Then & Now
Keokuk Peace Letters (331 p) - How to Shape the Future Today we sense once again that the fundamental values of our communal life are...
Joachim Reppmann
Jan 4, 20221 min read


RC-Jerusalem, Christmas 1931: "We leave our differences at the door!"
Rotary Club of Jerusalem, 1931: "WE LEAVE OUR DIFFERENCES AT THE DOOR" In 1931, US Jewett Fulton, Rotary Club Keokuk, Iowa, grew...
Joachim Reppmann
Jan 3, 20221 min read


RC-Jerusalem, Christmas 1931: "We leave our differences at the door!"
Rotary Club of Jerusalem, 1931: "WE LEAVE OUR DIFFERENCES AT THE DOOR" In 1931, US Jewett Fulton, Rotary Club Keokuk, Iowa, grew...
Joachim Reppmann
Jan 3, 20221 min read


Press Release: FANATIC by Norman Watt
As a German historian who lives half the year in the United States and the other half in Germany, I was impressed by Norman Watt’s...
Joachim Reppmann
Oct 12, 20211 min read


Zoom Talk by Sabine Schwachula, PhD, Rotary E-Club Cologne, Germany, August 30, 2021
Brief historical overview of Rotarian peace initiatives: Every world peace initiative is given a new and sad urgency in view of the...
Joachim Reppmann
Sep 6, 20211 min read


Press Release for Conference & p'review Magazine
Toward a Better Future by Learning from the Past The online magazine “p’review” sets the scene for a Rotary conference concerning...
Joachim Reppmann
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Article by Washington Post Explores Conference Topics
I am not suggesting that slavery and the Holocaust or the forced removal of Native American peoples are all in the same vein. They are...
Joachim Reppmann
Jun 21, 20211 min read


p'review - Rotary Conference Magazine
Click on the cover to download the first issue of the magazine.
Joachim Reppmann
May 3, 20211 min read


FANATIC - Novel by Norman Watt
Soon after accepting a position as a German instructor at a tiny college in the remote hills of Kentucky, Colin Ritter takes on a...
Joachim Reppmann
Apr 13, 20211 min read


p'review — Peace. Inclusion. Equity.
Rotary/Rotaract Conference Online Magazine **People everywhere are familiar with Rotary International which, since its founding in 1905,...
Joachim Reppmann
Mar 1, 20212 min read


„Moin from the USA!“
Original Post in German via Flensburger Tageblatt, 20. Jan. '21 Yogi Reppmann, from Flensburg, lives in Minnesota and explains the...
Joachim Reppmann
Jan 21, 20214 min read


Rotary Keokuk Peace Letters, 1932-2022: Nationalism, Then & Now - Invite Peace Conference
The topic of the ZOOM PowerPoint: The Peace-Pipe Letters from Keokuk, IA, 1932-2022 – Rotary under Nazi Rule Today we sense once again...
Joachim Reppmann
Jan 18, 20212 min read


Keokuk Peace Letters, 1931: Nationalism, Then & Now
The Rotary International theme of Feb. 2021 is "Peace & Conflict Resolution". This is a topic that ties closely into our work with the...
Joachim Reppmann
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Video-Tour of Northfield Home
Gitta from Hamburg & Joachim “Yogi” Reppmann, PhD (historian) was born in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1957. Married in...
Joachim Reppmann
Dec 29, 20201 min read


Keokuk Area Community Foundation
Roger R. Ricketts, Executive Director, Keokuk Area Community Foundation, established the "Keokuk Peace Letters Fund," allowing non-profit...
Joachim Reppmann
Oct 13, 20201 min read


Virtual Invite 2021
Our teaser, 1:34, for the Oct. 2021 ROTARY-Vergangenheitsbewältigungs- Conference, is also a ‘declaration of love’ towards Northfield....
Joachim Reppmann
Oct 5, 20201 min read


Rotary and its Enthusiasm for Peace: www.KeokukPeaceLetters.com
Originally Published by Germanic ROTARY MAGAZIN, Hamburg – September 2020 In 1931, American Rotarians sought to send a symbol of peace in...
Joachim Reppmann
Oct 5, 20204 min read


Holocaust Edu in the 21st Century: A Flensburg Perspective: Erna de Vries and the Holocaust Boxcar
Video (18:38), 2017, Auschwitz Survivor Erna de Vries in Flensburg, Germany My name is Joachim Reppmann and I am a historian from...
Yogi Reppmann
Sep 9, 20202 min read
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