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Stoltenberg Yearbook of Forty-Eighter Studies
The Stoltenberg Institute of Forty-eighter Studies, a forum for German-American discourse. The Institute is named in honor of Dr. Gerhard...
Yogi Reppmann
Mar 17, 20161 min read
1848er Müller at the Mississippi
Essay in three languages.
Yogi Reppmann
Mar 17, 20161 min read


Stoltenberg Institute - General Information
Stoltenberg Institute for German-American Forty-eighter Studies Friends of the Forty-eighters — the forgotten ideas and values in...
Yogi Reppmann
Mar 16, 20163 min read


Der Wilde Westen beginnt in Flensburg: Über Amerikas Seele und die deutsch-amerikanische Freundschaf
Der Journalist Dieter E. Wilhelmy, Flenburg Journal, spricht mit dem in Northfield, US-Bundesstaat Minnesota und Flensburg lebenden...
Yogi Reppmann
Mar 15, 20161 min read


The Triumph of Will
“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...
Stuart Gorman & Joachim Reppmann
Mar 13, 20161 min read


Low German: Platt in America
As of spring 2004, a surprising new book by Stuart Gorman and Joachim Reppmann is available, titled Low German: Platt in America. It...
Stuart Gorman & Joachim Reppmann
Mar 11, 20162 min read


Building a Bridge
Wie die Einwohner von Holstein in Iowa die Verbindungen mit der Heimat der Vorfahren wieder aufnahmen. How the citizens of Holstein,...
Yogi Reppmann
Mar 3, 20161 min read


The German Forty-Eighters: A 165th Anniversary Assessment
The German Forty-Eighters: A 165th Anniversary Assessment By Don Heinrich Tolzmann The following essay is by Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann,...
Yogi Reppmann
Feb 3, 20161 min read


Virginia Degen,…
Virginia Degen, 90, Holstein, Iowa – Kurzportrait / biographical sketch (for iBook, Best of Two Worlds): From Princess of Pigs to World...
Yogi Reppmann
Feb 3, 20161 min read


Forty-eighters and Friends
Forty-eighters and Friends: 1848er Democratic Revolutionaries from Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) in America (Iowa) — video financed by...
Yogi Reppmann
Feb 3, 20162 min read


Stoltenberg Floor Plan
THE STOLTENBERG INSTITUTE IN A NUTSHELL Mission To preserve the history of European 1848er immigrants by actively collecting, preserving,...
Joachim Reppmann
Feb 3, 20161 min read
Without ‘High Ball’ you won’t understand America!
Lee Sweetser, Orange County, California, November 1976 – We had the pleasure meeting the Sweetser family almost forty years ago (Ouch!)....
Yogi Reppmann
Jan 22, 20162 min read


Yogi Reppmann’s Moving Legacy of 1848 Research: America’s Intellectual Vitality
Davenport / Flensburg, Germany. Many of us have dreamed of finding a treasure chest filled with riches. For Dr. Joachim “Yogi” Reppmann...
Yogi Reppmann
Jan 22, 20162 min read


Die Nacht der Entscheidung, Kalifornien, 1976
Ein Leben ohne Geld und materielle Wünsche: Wie geht das? Bei Thies Matzen fiel die Entscheidung in einer Nacht im November 1976 am...
Yogi Reppmann
Jan 22, 20162 min read


Talk at New Ulm, MN—Charismatic 1848ers
Although Germany will always remain our cherished Vaterland, America has been our beloved “Motherland” since 1992. Since that time, we’ve...
Yogi Reppmann
Jan 22, 20161 min read


Amerika – Auswanderung: 10-teilige Zeitungsserie, Flensborg Avis, Jan. 2015 (dt.)
Amerika – Auswanderung, 10 x zwei gr. Doppelseiten von dem hochtalentierten Jungjournalisten, Lennart Adam, Flensborg Avis. Einmalige...
Yogi Reppmann
Jan 22, 20161 min read


Hollywood – Adventures with Yogi
The long anticipated tennis rematch had finally arrived. Yogi versus Eric: part II. At a quarter past 4 on Saturday April 4th, 2015, Yogi...
Joey Kronzer
Jan 22, 20165 min read
New Year's Greeting 2015 (English & German)
Moin-Moin, dear friends, deutsche Uebersetzung s. bitte unten, The end of one year and the beginning of a new one affords us an...
gitta & yogi reppmann
Jan 1, 20164 min read
AGAINST THE ODDS: Angela Merkel’s Rise to Power
AGAINST THE ODDS: Angela Merkel’s Rise to Power. Video of the Power Point Presentation, New Ulm, MN, Public Library, March 26, 2015. As...
Joachim Reppmann
Dec 20, 20151 min read


Yogi Reppmann
Dec 9, 20150 min read
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