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Today's PopKultur Monday is a request- we love hea

Today's PopKultur Monday is a request- we love hearing from you about what you want to see!

Come and Rock me Amadeus! The iconic New German Wave song, "Rock Me Amadeus" (1985). Austrian artist Falco (Johann "Hans" Hölzel" became the first German language artist to achieve #1 on all mainstream US pop singles charts.

Falco was inspired by the award winning film "Amadeus" (based off of the 1979 Peter Schaeffer play of the same title), which fictionalizes the life and death of classical Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Watch the Rococo inspired music video for "Rock Me Amadeus" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVikZ8Oe_XA

#falco #rockmeamadeus #amadeus #popmusic #mozart #dieneuewelle #germanpopmusic #popculture #popkultur

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PopKultur Mondays is a weekly social media campaign that aims to give our audience a taste of German pop culture.

If you have recommendations or requests for topics for future PopKultur Mondays, please DM this account!

Two great programs this weekend at GAHC! Join us

Two great programs this weekend at GAHC!

Join us 4/9 to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition: "Who? What? Wear? German Costume and Culture" for a virtual happy hour with Assistant Director/Curator Erika Holshoe! Fr. Holshoe will take you behind the scenes of the exhibition and teach you how to make two tasty German cocktails.

Then, on Sunday the 11th at 2pm, Professor Ada Cheng will be hosting a workshop on storytelling as immigrant memoir: "Our Words, Our Truths: Storytelling as Performative Memoir for Collective Identity and Community Engagement." This program is sponsored by Illinois Humanities.

Sign up for free for both programs on our eventbrite!

Schoenes Wochenende :)

Today we honor the 6 million lives lost in the Hol

Today we honor the 6 million lives lost in the Holocaust, known in the Jewish community as the Shoah. May the memories of those lost to the atrocities committed by the Nazi's and their collaborators forever be a blessing and never forgotten.

Below you can find a list of local, national and international resources to learn more and keep their stories alive.

Jewish Federation Quad Cities
Rock Island, IL www.jfqc.org

Holocaust Education Committee of the Quad Cities
www.hecqc.org

Temple Emanuel
Davenport, IA www.qctemple.org

Chabad Lubavitch Quad Cities
Bettendorf, IA www.jewishquadcities.org

Iowa Holocaust Memorial
Des Moines, IA www.iowaholocaustmemorial.com

Jewish Federation Des Moines
Des Moines, IA www.jewishdesmoines.org

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, DC www.ushmm.org

Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
Miami, FL www.holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.org

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
www.hmd.org.uk

Yad Yashem
Jerusalem, Israel www.yadvashem.org

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another German Less

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another German Lesson of the Week. Were you ever left home alone as a teenager? There's a German word for that! Have a great Wednesday!

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! T

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! Today for PopKultur Monday we are celebrating the opening of our new exhibition "Who? What? Wear? German Costume and Culture" by taking a look at the intersection between fashion and culture.

What you wear says everything about you- your values, age, cultural heritage... German Tracht (pl. Trachten) is an iconic visual representation of the German cultural identity.

But fashion is always evolving, even traditional fashion like Tracht! Meet Rare Dirndl, an atelier in Chicago specializing in modern American adaptations of traditional dirndls. The "Motley Crue" dirndl (pictured above) demonstrated a new take on a cultural classic- mixing patterns, colors, new patterns with a traditional silhouette. A true celebration of the German American experience through dress!

The woman behind @raredirndl , Erika Neumayr Ehrat, will be speaking on her experience in the dirndl industry on May 2nd at 2pm! Sign up for this free virtual program on our eventbrite page 🙂

Want to learn more about "Who? What? Wear?"?? Join us online this Friday at 6pm for a virtual happy hour with Assistant Director & Curator Erika Holshoe! Or stop by in person- the exhibition opens April 9th.

#popkultur #popculture #fashion #dirndl #tracht #trachtentag #RareDirndl #lederhosen #gahcqc
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PopKultur Mondays is a weekly social media campaign that aims to give our audience a taste of German pop culture.

If you have recommendations or requests for topics for future PopKultur Mondays, please DM this account!

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Happy Deutscher Donnerstag! Did you know that the

Happy Deutscher Donnerstag! Did you know that the Germans can be credited for the discovery of insulin, the invention of the clarinet, the pocket watch, the automated calculator, the light bulb, television (partly), paraffin, petrol/gasoline & Diesel engines, the automobile (as well as the engine, differential gear and other important devices), the motorcycle, the jet engine, the LCD screen and the Walkman. That's a lot to thank a German for! #gahcqc

It's a spooky German Lesson of the Week! What are

It's a spooky German Lesson of the Week! What are your favorite thrillers? #gahcqc

Looking for plans this Friday night? We've got you

Looking for plans this Friday night? We've got you covered. 😉

Join the GAHC at Rozz-tox this Friday night for the first ever "Kinogarten!" Every first Friday, we will stream a German language film in the Rozz-tox garden.

This Friday (4/2) we'll be chillen und schauen (chilling and watching) the 2004 Weingartner film "The Edukators" (Rated R).

Free to all & all welcome! Food and drink sold by Rozz-tox. (No outside food). Mask up and follow standard social distancing protocol.

@rozztox_qc #kinogarten #gahcqc #firstfridays

It's time for spring shopping at the GAHC! We've a

It's time for spring shopping at the GAHC! We've added new spring inventory, just in time for Easter. Shop our spring window lace, paper mache eggs, new books, and much more! Our gift shop is open Tuesday-Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 12-4. Stop by today!

It's the last PopKultur Monday of Women's History

It's the last PopKultur Monday of Women's History Month! To wrap up our celebration of Women in German pop culture, we're highlighting German-French actress Romy Schneider!

Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Vienna, AT and spent her childhood in Schönau am Königssee, Germany. In love with acting from an early age, she made her film debut at age 15 in "When White Lilacs Bloom Again" (1953).

She is best known for her breakthrough role as the Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the film "Sissi" (1955). She would later work with renowned auteurs Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Orson Welles, Luchino Visconti and Woody Allen.

Schneider worked alongside her romantic partner and French film icon Alain Delon for most of her career, even after their break up in 1963.

Schneider passed away of cardiac arrest in 1982.

A fun sidenote- her early work, like "When White Lilacs Bloom Again" fall under the umbrella of "Heimatfilm" (lit. "homeland film")- a film genre from the 50s focusing on rural romance, simplistic morality, and conflict between rural and urban life.

#romyschneider #sissi #austria #filmhistory #actress #alaindelon #popculture #popkulturmondays #gahcqc #heimatsfilm #germany #germanamerican #german

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PopKultur Mondays is a weekly social media campaign that aims to give our audience a taste of German pop culture.

If you have recommendations or requests for topics for future PopKultur Mondays, please DM this account!

Calling all educators! Did you know the GAHC offer

Calling all educators! Did you know the GAHC offers live and pre-recorded virtual field trips? Experience GAHC's award-winning, permanent exhibit "The German Immigrant Experience" from the comfort of your home or classroom! Field trips are open to grades 3-12. And thanks to community partners, all virtual field trips are completely free! Contact us to schedule today at olivia@gahc.org or by calling the GAHC at 563.322.8844.

Did you attend QCSO's performance "Masterworks V:

Did you attend QCSO's performance "Masterworks V: A Little Night Music" on March 7th and wanted to learn more? Or just, want to learn more about classical music?

Then join us on Sunday March 28th at 2pm for "Listening to Mozart's Little Serenade" with Jacob Bancks! Mr. Bancks will use the recent QSCO performance to inform our perspective on classical music and train our ears.

This is a free virtual event held through eventbrite. Please register on eventbrite.

For any questions regarding programming at GAHC, call us 563.322.8844 or email us info@gahc.org

It's Thursday and time for our final Deutscher Don

It's Thursday and time for our final Deutscher Donnerstag of Women's History Month. Today we highlight Dorothea Erxleben. Dorothea Erxleben was the first medical doctor in Germany and the first woman licensed by a regulating medical body to practice medicine in the world. Born in Quedlinburg, Germany in 1715, Erxleben was instructed in medicine by her father from an early age. The Italian scientist Laura Bassi's university professorship inspired Erxleben to fight for her right to practice medicine. In 1742, she published a tract arguing that women should be allowed to attend university. Erxleben received her MD from the University of Halle in 1754. She went on to study the reasons preventing women from studying including housekeeping and child care. On November 13, 2015, Google celebrated her 300th birthday with a Google Doodle.

Another week, another German Lesson of the Week! E

Another week, another German Lesson of the Week! Enjoy and stay dry! #gahcqc

Have you been looking to practice your German, but

Have you been looking to practice your German, but are stuck at home? @dankhausgerman has the virtual German course for you!

"Next Level German" is a short, 4 session class in which students will talk, listen to, watch, and read about current events happening in German speaking countries. The topics might range from sports to local elections, or from the arts to economics. And while the focus is on current events, the inherent grammar and vocabulary of the studied sources will also be discussed. This course is intended as an introduction to our "next level German" courses in which we go beyond the textbook, and really out into the world.

Class Structure: Students will have the opportunity to talk to their teacher and their classmates in a 90 minute zoom session and practice their German in break-out rooms. Students will receive assignments and material from their teacher via google classroom.

Zoom Meeting Times: Thursdays, 6:30PM - 8:00PM. First class starts April 8th 🙂

Prerequisites: This class is tailored to students who were enrolled in Elementary IV or Intermediate (or the equivalent of CEFR level A2/B1).

Register at: https://dankhaus.com/event-3967336

In fashion, one day you're in, and the next... you

In fashion, one day you're in, and the next... you're out!

We'd be remiss if we didn't highlight one of Germany's most famous ladies in pop culture- Heidi Klum!

Klum is a native of Bergisch Gladbach, a town outside of Cologne. In a modelling competition known as "Model 92," Klum won a modelling contract with Metropolitan Models of New York, thus starting her modelling career.

Klum has graced the cover of nearly every major fashion magazine, including the famous Sport's Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In the early 2000s, Klum modelled as an "Angel" for women's lingerie company "Victoria's Secret"- and was the first German model to have such a position.

On TV, Klum can be seen on shows like Project Runway, Germany's Next Top Model, and America's Got Talent in both hosting and judging positions. As host on Project Runway, her German heritage shined through with her iconic exit line: "Aufwiedersehen!"

#heidiklum #modelling #fashion #mode #germany #projectrunway #germanamerican #popkultur #popculture #victoriassecret #americasgottalent #germanysnexttopmodel #popkulturmondays #gachqqc #womenshistorymonth

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PopKultur Mondays is a weekly social media campaign that aims to give our audience a taste of German pop culture.

If you have recommendations or requests for topics for future PopKultur Mondays, please DM this account!

Welcome to another edition of Deutscher Donnerstag

Welcome to another edition of Deutscher Donnerstag! Continuing our dive into German women who made their mark on history. Today we cover Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt. Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt was the first woman to hold a Ministerial position in Germany. Schwarzhaupt was born in Frankfurt in 1901 and studied law before receiving her doctorate of law in 1930. She worked as a judge until 1933 when Nazi law mandated women could no longer hold judicial office. From 1953 to 1969, Schwarzhaupt was a member of the German Bundestag and was the Federal Minister of Health from 1961-1966. Germany issued a postage stamp with her image in 1997.

Sunsets are beautiful this time of year. Enjoy you

Sunsets are beautiful this time of year. Enjoy your lesson! #gahcqc

It's #PopKultur Monday here at the GAHC! We contin

It's #PopKultur Monday here at the GAHC! We continue to highlight fabulous women in Pop Culture for Women's History Month with German-American actress Zazie Beetz!

Beetz is recognizable for her work in American films like Deadpool 2, Joker, and the FX Tv show "Atlanta." Beetz was born in Berlin to a German father and African American mother from New York. She received an Emmy nomination for her work in "Atlanta."

#zaziebeetz #popculture #deadpool2 #domino #Joker #ATLANTA #german #germanamerican #hollywood

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PopKultur Mondays is a weekly social media campaign that aims to give our audience a taste of German pop culture.

If you have recommendations or requests for topics for future PopKultur Mondays, please DM this account!

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