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Release Number I                                                                        Wednesday – July 9, 2008

The Information Profile of America’s Newest
Association on the Truths of the Germanic Races

In disseminating information on the truths regarding the Germanic Races, especially
the Germans in particular, we ask only that those reading our newsletters and/or our
website information, take our information with an open mind, and understanding,
that the information is based on fact, not on half-truths and false news media
releases.

We are a supporting membership organization that wishes to convey to the general
public and the Germans particularly, that the news and public education books,
pamphlets, and teachings of anything German has been removed from the text
books, and teachers have been prompted to teach their students inflammatory
references to anything German. Our information asks why have the names of Baron
von Steuben, John Peter Zenger, and others who have contributed so much to make
America the great super-nation that it is today, been removed from our history
books. We are not going to elaborate on the “ifs”, the “whys”; the Germans are
being demeaned more than sixty years after World War II. Our Quest is also
Education, to reverse the trend of anti-German sentiment that continues here, in
Europe and world-wide.   We are not going to name-drop to establish more hate, but
to give to you, our readers, an educational response based on truth and fact. Our
motto “When the Truth is Distorted by Lies; Let us, who know; Challenge Their
Wisdom” will be utilized by our educational processes to bring to you stories, based
on fact; historical research; commentaries by Tacitus, Julius Caesar and others; and
eye-witness reports; of the Germanic races, from their first entrance into the
mainstream of civilization before the advent of Christianity to the modern era.

The German-American World Historical Society, Inc. is a non-political organization,
who is not influenced by any political system, religious or ethnic entity, and is
created to promote love in this modern world.   We do not discriminate against
anyone regardless of their gender, age, political or religious affiliation, ethnic and
race, and medical infirmities.

We look forward to your input and to your understanding.

Johannes Rammund De Balliel-Lawrora
Executive Director

      BallinStadt News

     Make History out of Your History

Friends of Hamburg and the BallinStadt: In the future, we would like to present
here some supporters and helpers who have rendered a service to the subject
of “heritage”, or who are personally associated with the topic. Today, we
would like to feature the historian Dr. Joachim “Yogi” Reppmann. As a
“Wanderer Between Two Worlds,” Reppmann and his wife Gitta spend half of
every year in Flensburg, Germany, and the other half in Minnesota where he
carries out research in North German emigration to America. Reppmann is
intensively involved with the subject of heritage.

In spring 2009, Reppmann’s book about Henry C. Finnern (1877-1971) will be
published.

Finnern, who had his roots in Schleswig-Holstein, was active as journalist,
politician and community leader in Denison, Iowa, and enjoyed a 52-year
career making newspapers. In his honor, in late summer 2009 a conference
will be held on such topics as German-American Emigration Re-search, US-
Platt and family research.

As former president of the American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Society
(ASHHS), Yogi Reppmann actively furthers transatlantic relations and is
instrumental in expanding the BallinStadt network in the USA.

Our Friends, Dr. Joachim Reppmann, Peter Soppa, that he had made: “How
can a worker get ahead in Germany, it’s impossible for a family father to save
any money,” he complained. But “whoever is willing to work in America can
earn a fortune in just a short time.” And there’s as much meat to eat here every
day as there only is at a child’s christening back home. However, he also
described the difficult Atlantic crossing, and explained in detail how wooden
crates containing all the passenger’s belongings should be constructed (“with
good locks and iron strips underneath“).

The goal of the BallinStadt exhibition planners is not only to make the stories
and keepsakes open to the public. Above all, contacts should be established
to other immigrants and their descendents from all over Germany and the
USA. “We would like to preserve the so-calle ‘Oral Histories’, the narrated
recollections of immigrants, which die out with every passing generation”,
Birkner commented. A special feature: the exhibition was conceived as a
“Work in Progress”, and will be continually expanded through the contributed
stories of visitors. Whoever is sold on the idea and rummages through nearly-
forgotten boxes, crates and drawers looking for emigration memorabilia, will
have found a friend in Jorge Birkner. After all, every fifth American has German
roots – so the probability that visitors to the exhibition have ancestors who
emigrated to America isn’t all that remote.

Become a part of this growing exhibition! The BallinStadt is happy about every
new item or every new “life story” which documents the emigration from
Hamburg to America.

A special telephone extension has been set up at the BallinStadt under (+49-
40) 319 79 16 11 or send an e-mail to info@ballinstadt.de.
The exhibition will most likely be open until August 15th 2008. Further
information www.ballinstadt.de

The BallinStadt – Port of Dreams – Emigration Museum is a popular backdrop
for the productions of many television networks. Early this year, the
BallinStadt was host to a prominent visitor from America: the German-born
Broadway star Ute Lemper was in Hamburg to promote her just-released CD
“Between Yesterday and Tomorrow”. Famous for her performances in
musicals like Cats, Chicago and the Starlight Express, Lemper is now
pursuing her career in music and is promoting her new album on a world tour
which started in May. In addition to concerts in Germany, performances in
Paris, Barcelona and New York are also on her schedule. In New York, she’s
not only occasionally found on the stage, but has also lived here with her
three children for more than the last ten years.

This package is for all those who want to follow in their ancestors’ footsteps
and research their family’s history. The Port of Dreams – BallinStadt – History
of Emigration is a place of emotions and strong feelings; of remembrance to
the over five million people who emigrated via Hamburg in search of a better
life in the New World.

With this All-Round Package you’ll spend two nights in the luxurious hotel
Park Hyatt Hamburg, visit the bustling port of Hamburg on a harbor cruise,
and experience the prize-winning BallinStadt exhibition.
The package contains the following:
• 2 overnight stays with breakfast
in the 5-star Park Hyatt Hotel
• 1 welcome present at the hotel • free use of the hotel’s Club
Olympus Fitness & Spa• one 5-course dinner including
accompanying wines in the
hotel’s Apples Restaurant• 1 admission to the BallinStadt• 1 harbor cruise• 1
Hamburg CARD – Your 3-day
discovery ticket including free
transportation on the Hamburg
public transport system.

Starts at € 299.00 per person in a double-occupancy.
Child reduction: Children up to and including 12 stay for free in their parents’
room; children from 13 up to 17 pay € 149.50. Arrival: daily.
Booking deadline: 4 days prior to arrival.

Tourist information, sightseeing highlights, hotel bookings & tickets:
T+49-(0)40-300 51 300
(Mon – Sat 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.)
info@hamburg-tourism.de, www.hamburg-tourism.de
Hamburg – City on the waterfront.

With the Elbe river, the Alster lake and its broad boulevards, public places and
parks, Hamburg is known as one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. The
Hamburg metropolitan region is home to 4.3 million people who treasure its
unique location on the waterfront, cosmopolitan openness and exceptionally
high quality of life.

This dynamic, international trading metropolis with its successful harbor and
its strong economic infrastructure offers a highly attractive environment for
business. The range of international sports and culture, shopping and leisure
opportunities, popular street festivals, musicals and pulsing nightlife all bring
millions of visitors here every year. With 100 consulates, after New York the
city has the world’s second-largest concentration of consulates. Come
discover the fascination of Hamburg!

Those readers that would like to read the hard copy
story on BALLINSTADT, complete with
photographs should write to us at:

German-American World Historical Society, Inc
3161 Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 103/104
North Bergen, NJ 07047

or Email us at: Johannes@gawhs.org

Our telephone number is 201-553-9171