This site offers a biography of Goethe, a brief discussion of his most famous work, "Faust," and a list of the many versions of this work. Also includes a bibliography.

This resource features an authority on Schubert's Lieder, whose extensive reviews of many of the recordings available would be helpful to the collector/enthusiast.

President Wilson's claim, "he kept us out of war," did not last. Read about the increasing number of reasons for American to declare war against Germany. See why war was finally declared in April, 1917.

A survey of the life and works of Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755), the German Baroque violinist-composer.

Possibly the only remaining German Weinbauernhaus in America, combining a residence with the production of alcohol.

A wonderful, information-packed encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on the Molotov-Ribbentrop (Nazi-German) pact presents a good summary of the events that led up to the signing of the pact. There is also a link to the text of the pact.

(1443-1485) German scholar.

A German doctor, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. He is credited as the first to recognize leukemia.

(672-754) Saint Boniface was the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith, was a missionary who propogated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century. He was murdered in Frisia.

This site is a mixture of a short biography and quotes on German physicist Max Planck.