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The German Forty-Eighters: A 165th Anniversary Assessment

By Don Heinrich Tolzmann

The following essay is by Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the new Stoltenberg Institute of Forty-Eighter Studies. Well known as “Mr. German-Americana,” due to his many contributions to U.S.-German relations and the field of German-American Studies, he spoke on German contributions to America at the White House on October 1, 1987 when President Reagan signed the proclamation in the Rose Garden declaring the 6th of October as German-American Day.

– ( Photo of Mr. German-Americana ).

3 minute trailer in German about a sensational 1848er treasure chest – a traveling trunk with documents hidden inside.

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The question that confronts us today is the same as in 1931-32: Do our leaders have the capacity to reach beyond their grasp, to challenge us to seek the higher angels of nature, to choose "Be informed! Be informed!" rather than "Be afraid! Be afraid!" In the end, however, we know that world peace is too important to be left in the hands of our leaders. Peace starts in our own back yards when we speak our for understanding when their is disharmony, food security where there is hunger, health care where there is disease, education where there is illiteracy, conservation where there is environmental harm, sustainable development where there is poverty ... and when we write letters across border to build goodwill and better friendships. - William Tubbs (2019)

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