▁female ▁hand ball ▁players <0x0A> </s> ▁Germ ans ▁in ▁O ma ha ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁Neb r aska ▁from ▁its ▁earliest ▁days ▁of ▁found ing ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 , ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁Revolution s ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁states . ▁ ▁They ▁continued ▁to ▁imm igr ate ▁to ▁O ma ha ▁in ▁large ▁numbers ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁when ▁many ▁came ▁from ▁Bav aria ▁and ▁southern ▁Germany . ▁ ▁Germ ans ▁created ▁and ▁maintained ▁a ▁high ▁cultural , ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁profile ▁locally ▁and ▁nation ally ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁Germ ans ▁compr ised ▁ 2 3 % ▁of ▁O ma ha ' s ▁population . ▁By ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁ 5 7 . 4 % ▁of ▁O ma ha ' s ▁total ▁population ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 2 4 , 0 0 0 ▁were ▁of ▁German ▁descent . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁imm igration ▁from ▁Germany ▁had ▁virt ually ▁ceased . ▁ ▁Although ▁Germ ans ▁compr ised ▁the ▁second ▁most ▁numerous ▁group ▁of ▁foreign - born ▁national s ▁after ▁C ze chs , ▁those ▁foreign - born ▁imm igr ants ▁tot aled ▁less ▁than ▁one ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁German ▁imm igr ants ▁and ▁German ▁Americans ▁in ▁O ma ha ▁had ▁a ▁high ▁rate ▁of ▁liter acy .