Title: US immigration: America’s German roots
Headings: History part 1: America’s German roots
History part 1: America’s German roots
Germans are the largest immigrant group in the USA – and yet are the least visible.
Klaus Lüber / 02.10.2018
A new life in “the land of the free”
Mobile and well-integrated

Content: All of a sudden, they came under pressure to cast off their ethnic identity. Full-blown anti-German hysteria meant that the German language and culture were ostracised. Thus, a process was set in motion which made German immigrants unique among all the major immigrant groups, and which was further fuelled by the Second World War – the almost complete erosion of their original identity. No other group lost its public visibility to quite the extent of the German-Americans during the course of the 20th century. American soldiers dance with German women in a Frankfurt bar. dpa
After the Second World War, the USA remained an important destination country for new groups of German emigrants. These included the fiancées and wives of American soldiers who had been stationed in Germany, as well as an increasing number of academics and highly qualified professionals. They still form the most important group of German immigrants in the USA today. In 2017, around 12,500 Germans emigrated to America. © www.deutschland.de