Learning Aids, Global Reading Assignments and Events of Interest in the Washington area
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Adolph Kolping  had intended to lead an academic life, not a social reformer, but his work with the journeymen made him realize that he should devote his life and efforts to the working people and their organization. Through his example and efforts the journeymen's organization grew. By 1865, over 400 local groups of the journeymen's organization had been established and were functioning throughout Europe and in America. / Annette von Droste-Hulshoff  was, beyond doubt, the most gifted and original of German women poets. Her verse is strong and vigorous, but often unmusical even to harshness; one looks in vain for a touch of sentimentality or melting sweetness in it. As a lyric poet, she is at her best when she is able to attune her thoughts to the sober landscape of the Westphalian moorlands of her home. Her narrative poetry, and especially Das Hospiz auf dem Grossen St Bernard and Die Schlacht im Loener Bruch (both 1838), belongs to the best German poetry of its kind.

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Vocabulary missing from the textbook A very small number of vocabulary items are not in the glossary of German for Reading Knowledge. To report such vocabulary, click on "Click to Enter Forum Post Your Comments" to the right and fill out the form, using the New Article button for your question.
Germanic Language Tree Schematic showing the historical relationships of English with High German and with the other Germanic languages. For detailed background information on the individual Germanic Languages click HERE.	A very short and simple list of Definitions of Parts of Speech gives a quick overview of grammatical concepts that apply both to English and German
This list of Strong verbs in German -- starke Verben in Deutsch has no English translations but does list the forms of approximately 75 strong German verbs. [NB link!]	A succinct on-line Grammar of German from William and Mary offers a quick survey of grammar elements.
Hans-Jürgen Stoffels' home page offers practice in  pronunciation of some common German sounds using RealAudio.	Keyboarding German text with the US-International Keyboard in Windows 95/98  This keyboard allows easy typing of those symbols peculiar to German as well as those for standard English.
Subjunctive Outline Forms of the subjunctive used in indirect discourse and in contrary to fact conditional sentences.	Passive Voice Outline A comparison of the forms and meanings of werden [1] when used as a main verb with an adjective or with a noun or [2] the forms of werden when used to form the passive voice.
Sütterlin handwriting, the German equivalent to the Palmer Method. For use in reading handwritten materials from about 1900 to 1950. Especially helpful for genealogical purposes,

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German Language Cultural Events in Washington

 

George Mason University Center for the Arts http://www.gmu.edu/cfa/ Ute Lemper - All that Jazz Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 7:00pm - $19.85   "Dream and Reality of an Unfulfilled Revolution. Austrian Architecture and Politics of 'Red Vienna' 1919-1934" lecture by Helmut Weihsmann  April 21, 2004 at 12:00-2:00 pm  followed by a round table discussion During the 1920s and early 1930s, the social democratic government of the City of Vienna erected an amazing amount of approximately 65.000 housing units for poor and low-income families as part of its general social reforms. Many famous architects of various educational and political backgrounds, such as Josef Hoffmann, Clemens Holzmeister, Adolf Loos, Josef Frank, Grete Lihotzky, Karl Dirnhuber etc., contributed to these projects. Architectural historian and critic Helmut Weihsmann will discuss the extraordinary public housing effort and urban re-development programs of “Red Vienna” as well as the ideological reasons and forces that shaped the buildings in terms of their functions, aesthetical program, urban conception and architectural language. April 21, 2004 at 12:00-2:00 pm at the Catholic University, School of Architecture and Planning, Locraft-Room, Crough Center for Architecture, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20064 (Brookland-CUA Metro). (You may bring a brown bag lunch.) Admission free. For information call: 202-319-5188. In cooperation with the Catholic University of America Please find more detailed information about up-coming events at   http://www.austria.org/calendar/index.shtml Thursday, April 22, 7:30 pm Sunday, April 25, 10:30 am MOVIE Lola Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981 Under the spell of the star performer at a cabaret/brothel, a new idealistic building commissioner loses his heart, and very nearly his mind. The film stars Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Mario Adorf. Part of a Fassbinder Retrospective Film Series at Maryland Institute College of Art. MICA’s Hall at Brown Center, 1301 Mount Royal Avenue $10 / $8 for seniors and students with ID. For more information on the films and speakers or to purchase online, go to www.mdfilmfest.org, or call 410-752-8083.  FilmFest DC  --  German films include: Gate to Heaven (Tor zum Himmel) Thursday, April 22, 6:45 pm, at the Avalon Theatre (Director Veit Helmer will be in attendance this evening.) Sunday, April 25, 6 pm, at the Avalon Theatre September Friday, April 23, 9 pm, at Loews Cineplex Wisconsin Avenue Cinemas Saturday, April 24, 7 pm, at Loews Cineplex Wisconsin Avenue Cinemas Wheel of Time (Rad der zeit) Wednesday, April 28, 6:45 pm, at Loews Cineplex Wisconsin Avenue Cinemas Thursday, April 29, 6:30 pm, at Lowe’s Cineplex Wisconsin Avenue Cinemas The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die geschichte vom weinenden kamel) Saturday, April 24, 7:30 pm, at National Geographic Society Tuesday, April 27, 6:30 pm, at Landmarks E Street Cinema www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/ffestdc.htm various locations Seminar: Mid-Atlantic German History Seminar. To be held at the German Historical Institute (DC), Saturday, April 24, 2004,12:00pm - 3:30 pm. Professor James Brophy, (University of Delaware) will be presenting his paper, "Civil Society, the Public Sphere, and Popular Politics in the Rhineland, 1800-1850." For further information, please contact Marion Deshmukh (Department of History and Art History, George Mason University). Tatort / Scene of the Crime: Beasts [German with English subtitles] Sunday, April 25 at 8 PM on MHz (WNVC) Virginia PBS Channel 56 When a teenage girl is brutally attacked and murdered, her grief-stricken father wants to take matters into his own hands. Detective Freddy Schenk, a father himself, sympathizes with the man's despair. When the murderer ends up dead himself, Detective Max Ballauf suspects his colleague of knowing more about the murder than he admits.  Monday April 26, 6:30 pm MOVIE  The Wrong Move Wim Wenders documents six days in the life of Wilhelm, a dissatisfied would-be writer, as he wanders aimlessly through Germany in search of the meaning behind his country’s past and his own life. www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/falschebewegung.htm Goethe-Institut  Folger Library on Capitol Hill: Fessenden Ensemble German Romantics Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 8:00pm - $12.40 http://www.folger.edu Thursday April 29, 6:45 pm DISCUSSION Book Conversation with the American Goethe Society Irmgard Wagner (Professor Emerita George Mason University) will be discussing Uwe Timm’s Johannisnacht (Midsummernight).Audience members should read the book prior to the discussion. For information, please contact Irmgard Wagner at iwagner@gmu.edu www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/johannisnacht.htm Goethe-Institut Thursday April 29, 8 pm LECTURE Das Verhältnis der deutschen Sprache zum Lied For details and tickets, please call: 703-379-7849 German Language Society www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/embassy.htm#lecture German Embassy Inge Morath. Austrian Photographs (The Estate of Inge Morath. Curators: Kurt  Kaindl and Brigitte Blueml) Reading by Honor Moore: “The Photographer and the Poet: A Friendship” Cosmopolitan photographer, Inge Morath, returned to her native country Austria time and again for visits to family and friends as well as for photo projects. This exhibit presents a selection of her Austrian photographs with a particular focus on her unique portraits of people and daily life in Vienna.  The exhibit will run through June 10, 2004. “Music from the Heart of Europe” A Concert to Celebrate Enlargement of the European Union Rafal Jezierski, cello and Steven Masi, piano (Poland): Sonata in G Minor by Frédéric Chopin Feguš Quartet (Slovenia): works by Maksimiljan Feguš, Primož Ramovs and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mathias Soucek, piano (Austria): Sonata in D Major (D 850) by Franz Schubert May 3, 2004 at 7:30 pm at the Embassy of Austria Admission free. RSVP required: 202-895-6776. In cooperation with the Embassies of Poland and Slovenia Monday May 3, 2004 The GHI Spring 2004 Lecture Series: Karl May's America and the German Cinema Christoph Strupp GHI , 5:30 p.m. Thomas Saunders University of Victoria Apache Gold Winnetou I Please note: It will be hosted by the Goethe-Institut Washington, (812 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3718). For full details of the program, click here. Conference: "War and the Environment: Contexts and Consequences of Military Destruction in the Modern Age." To be held at the GHI , May 6-9, 2004. Conveners: Charles Closmann (GHI), Christof Mauch (GHI).   May 7 – 8 SYMPOSIUM Poets and Translators: Meeting of Minds A Society for Contemporary American Literature in German (SCALG) Symposium www.languages.umd.edu/scalg/ University of Maryland, College Park   Sunday, May 9, 3 pm CONCERT J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion Washington Bach Consort $ 30–47 703-218-6500 www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/embassy.htm#music Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Alexandria, VA May 10 and 12 FILM EU Enlargement EU Film Evening To mark the accession of the 10 newest member states to the European Union, several films produced in these countries will be shown at the Goethe-Institut in celebration of EU Enlargement Week (May 1 to 8). All films are free; seating is limited. Please arrive early, as no RSVPs will be taken. For information about all programs, please check www.eurunion.org. Monday, May 10 6 pm - Czech Republic On Grandma (O babicce) Director: Michaele Pavlatova (2000) and The Key to Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver (Klíc k urcování trpaslíku aneb Poslední cesta Lemuela Gullivera) Director: Martin Sulik (2001) 7:45 pm - Lithuania Life of Venecius and Death of Cezar (Venecijaus Gyvenimas Ir Cezario Mirtis) Director: Janina Lapinskaite (2002) 8:50 pm – Latvia Keep Smiling! Director: Askols Saulitis (2003) Wednesday, May 12 4:30 pm – Slovenia Fortress Europe (Trdnjava Evropa) Director: Zelimir Zilnik (2001) Kratka himna domovini (The Poem to my Homeland) Director: Boris Palcic (1999) 6 pm – Hungary Passport to Life: The Rescue of Budapest Jews Director: Agnes M. Vertes (2003) 7:10 pm – Poland That Year 1989 Directors: Jolanta Kessler Chojeckia and Gabriel Meretik www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/diemitte.htm#docs Thursday, May 13, 7:30 pm LECTURE ”Where is Wagner’s Faust?” 301-907-2600 George Washington University Funger Hall, 2201 G St NW  Monday, May 17, 5:30 pm LECTURE AND FILM History in Film - Film in History Request Concert (Wunschkonzert) Director: Eduard von Borsody (1940) Lecture entitled “At the Movies: Film Audiences in the Third Reich” by Sabine Hake (University of Pittsburgh), followed by a screening of Request Concert. Free. RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 168. www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/filmhistory.htm#wunschkonzert Goethe-Institut   May 17, 2004 The GHI Spring 2004 Lecture Series: At the Movies: Movie Audiences in the Third Reich Wunschkonzert 1940 Sabine Hake University of Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. Please note: It will be hosted by the Goethe-Institut Washington, (812 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3718). For full details of the program, click here. Trio Macheiner /Barnert/Filz Bernhard Macheiner - piano, Richard Barnert - contrabass, Richard Filz - percussion May 18, 2004 at 8:00 pm at the Embassy of Austria Admission free. RSVP required: 202-895-6776. Tuesday, May 18, 5:30 – 9 pm GERMAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE WALKING TOUR Trace the Steps of German Immigrants Join a walking tour presenting information found in the National Archives about Washington’s German-American community. The tour will arrive at the Archives at 7 pm, where participants will be invited to do their own research. Picture ID required. $5/ free for members www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/walkingtours.htm Goethe-Institut Thursday, May 20, 6 - 8 pm THIRD THURSDAY Vladracul A photo novel portraying a provocative take on the Dracula tale, shot in Berlin and Poland. Opening reception with artist Johnny de Brest RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 166 Until August 27 www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/vladracul.htm Goethe-Institut Thursday, May 20 - 24 FILM FangFilmFest Thursday, May 20 8 pm - The Hunger Director: Tony Scott (1983) 10 pm - Blood for Dracula Director: Paul Morrissey (1974) Friday, May 21 6:30 pm - The Fearless Vampire Killers Director: Roman Polanski (1967) 8:30 pm - Nosferatu the Vampyre Director: Werner Herzog (1979) 10:30 pm - Dracula Director: Francis Ford Coppola (1992) Monday, May 24 6:30 pm - Nosferatu Director: F.W. Murnau (1922) 8:30 pm - Shadow of the Vampire Director: E. Elias Merhige (2000) Tickets are $5 per film, and can be purchased at the Goethe-Institut box office or online at www.boxofficetickets.com/goethe. www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/fangfilmfest.htm Goethe-Institut  Austrian Embassy-- Operetta Evenings FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2004, 8 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 2004, 8 P.M. ANNUAL OPERETTA EVENING ALEXANDRA RIEGER, SOPRANO DIETER KERSCHBAUM, TENOR GEORGE PEACHEY, PIANO  Alexandra Rieger, soprano, has performed in the Volksoper, Vienna, and has in operas throughout Austria and Scandinavia. Her command of many opera and operatic roles has established her great reputation. The brilliant Austrian tenor Dieter Kerschbaum is a winner of many prizes. He has sung in the Deutschen Oper am Rhein, the Salzburg Festival, the Volksoper of Vienna and since February, 2003 is a member of the Staatoper Berlin. These immensely popular concerts have a great tradition, and we are proud to have superb pianist George Peachey back to perform with these great artists. $35 Click for program Symposium: The Origins of Green Parties in Global Persepctive. To be held at the GHI , May 26th, 2004. Conveners: Frank Zelko (German Historical Institute) and Helga Flores-Trejo (Heinrich Boell Foundation). Young Scholars Forum, 2004. "Environment, Culture, Politics: Transatlantic Perspectives." To be held at the GHI (DC), May 27-30, 2004. Conveners: Frank Zelko (GHI), Charles Closmann (GHI). Conference: "Alexander von Humboldt and North America." To be held at the GHI (DC), June 3-6, 2004. Conveners: Andreas Daum (University of Buffalo, SUNY) and Simone Lässig (GHI). June 2 – 5 200th Anniversary of Alexander von Humboldt’s Meeting with President Jefferson June 2 - The Embassy and American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will host a public lecture by Professor William M. Calder III on “The Classics in American Universities: What Ancient Literature Means to Americans Today.” June 4 - The Alexander von Humboldt Association of America will begin its fifth national meeting with a gala banquet at which Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger will speak. June 5 - The alumni meeting will continue with a series of lectures and a discussion forum that address the relationship between science and the formulation of public policy. These events are sponsored by independent organizations affiliated with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and with the cooperation of the German Embassy in Washington. For more information, contact the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, U.S. Liaison Office, 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 1015, Washington, DC 20005, tel.: 202-783-1907,  avh@verizon.net June 4 - 10 FILM Tattoo Directed by Robert Schwentke, this film was part of the 2003 New Films from Germany series. Two detectives search for a killer who skins victims for their tattooed hides. LA Weekly praises Tattoo for being “a welcome change from cookie-cutter serial-killer movies…the result is a gruesome and complex thriller”. Visions Bar Noir 1927 Florida Ave. NW http://www.VisionsDC.com  June 7 - August 9 FILM Hybrid Forms New Trends in the Documentary Film Documentary films show life as it really is – or do they? As filmmakers experiment with blending historical fact and narrative, they blur and transcend the boundaries of what makes up a documentary film. The films in Hybrid Forms, directed primarily by young filmmakers, provide a taste of the wide variety of trends which are made possible with digital technology. All films are 16mm. Tickets are $5/$3 for members, seniors, and students with ID, and may be purchased at the box office or online at www.boxofficetickets.com/goethe  Monday June 7, 6:30 pm FILM Hybrid Forms The Housewife's Flower A group of German-Italian vacuum cleaner salesmen make their sales tour in the Stuttgart region. The comedy in this film, which juxtaposes the selling scenes and the discussions in an alternating series of episodes, is just as important as the views of salesmen rivalry and oppressive German living room coziness. www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/hybridforms.htm#blume Goethe-Institut "Kathmandu" Historic urban preservation with Austrian aid in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal lecture by Eduard Sekler Eduard Sekler, Osgood Hooker Professor of Visual Art, Emeritus Professor of Architecture, Vienna and Harvard, has focused for the last five decades on architecture, its history, theory, and preservation, as well as on the education of architects. His activity as consultant for historic conservation has taken him to Bhutan, Hongkong, India, Mexico, Taiwan, and, in the service of UNESCO, to Nepal, Thailand, and Turkey. He has been the Chairman of Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust, which he helped to establish. June 8, 2004 at 6:30 pm at the Embassy of Austria Reception to follow, hosted by Harvard Design School Alumni/ae Council Member Mina Marefat, John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress Tickets: $30. RSVP required by June 4 by faxing or mailing the reply located at: www.gsd.harvard.edu/inside/dev_alumni/Events/sekler_060804.htm For more information contact: Laura Allebach Nichols Events and Stewardship Coordinator Development & Alumni/ae Relations Harvard University Graduate School of Design 617.496.1222 Fax: 617.495.5967 Please find more detailed information about up-coming events at http://www.austria.org/calendar/index.shtml   The Blue Angel (1930) Turner Classic Movies Saturday June 12 02:00 am A prudish professor is ruined by a German cabaret singer. Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings, Hans Albers, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valerie, Eduard von Winterstein, Reinhold Bernt, Hans Roth, Rolf Muller, Robert Klein- Lork. Director(s): Josef Von Sternberg. June 10, 5:30 9:30pm FILM In the Shadow of Power (Im Schatten der Macht) This two-part film, in German only, is about the life and times of Willy Brandt. Comments during intermission by Ambassador (ret.) Jonathan Dean. RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 167 www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/brandtfilm.htm Goethe-Institut  June14, 6:30 pm FILM Hybrid Forms Buenos Aires, My History / Images of the Absence Director German Kral tells the story of his family, attempting to explain his parent’s separation and his father’s long absence. He searches for and finds his father and persuades his parents to agree to another meeting at which sometimes a glimmering of their destroyed happiness flares up. www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/hybridforms.htm#buenos Goethe-Institut Wednesday June 16, 6:30 pm DISCUSSION Trans Wednesdaywww.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/transatlantic1.htm Goethe-Institut June 17, 6 8 pm THIRD Thursday Vladracul A photo novel portraying a provocative take on the Dracula tale, shot in Berlin and Poland. Comprising 12 “chapters” introduced by written explanations, the exhibit portrays Berlin’s chaotic transformation in the 90s – the decrepit charm of the East, the pulsating club scene, the famous Love Parade, the deserted Potsdamer Platz – while paying homage to the influence of Germany’s past. www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/vladracul.htm Goethe-Institut June 17 19, 7:30 pm BALLET Ballett Frankfurt www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/embassy.htm#ballet Kennedy Center Opera House June 18 -  September 5 EXHIBIT Focus on the Soul: The Photographs of Lotte Jacobi www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/lottejacobi.htm National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave. Events Monday June 21, 6:30 pm FILM Hybrid Forms Hans Warns. My 20th Century Born at the turn of the 20th century, sailor Hans Warns went to sea for the first time in 1914 aboard a sailing ship with a camera in his luggage. This mixture of fictional and documentary film is based on photographs and 8-mm film footage of Warns’s journeys and mishaps, as well as the notes with which Hans Warns documented the life of a sailor over the decades. www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/hybridforms.htm#hans Goethe-Institut The Restless Conscience (USA 1991) to be followed by a discussion with director and producer Hava Kohav Beller Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at 4:30 p.m. RSVP to 202-298-4388 1992 Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary The Restless Conscience is a feature documentary which explores the motivating principles and activities of a small group of individuals who opposed the Nazi regime in Germany (1933-1945). The film examines issues raised by ethical and political dissent within totalitarian regimes. As it charts the origins and development of German resistance within Nazi Germany, The Restless Conscience highlights the tension between dedication to a personal ethical code and loyalty to a national political system. It is the story of individuals compelled to choose between following their conscience or keeping a political obligation. Hava Kohav Beller's latest film, The Burning Wall, was recently shown at the Avalon Theatre.   June 22, 7 pm LECTURE New Women and Weimar Culture (in conjunction with the Lotte Jacobi exhibit) http://www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/lottejacobi.htm National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave. June 28, 6:30 pm FILM Hybrid Forms The Last Documentary Film and Vacancy The Last Documentary Film reflects on documentary films, weaving together two major narrative strands: the history of the documentary film, and the supposed life history of one of the authors, actually fabricated in the studio. Vacancy depicts the metropolis of Brasilia. Designed as an architectural utopia, it appears as a futuristic ghost town. www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/hybridforms.htm#lastdoc Goethe-Institut Tatort / Scene of the Crime: Sleep Well, Little Sister Sunday, German with English subtitles  Sunday June 27 at 8 PM on MHz (WNVC) Virginia PBS Channel 56 . A young woman's body is discovered in the woods. Public outcry arises over the police's handling of the case. A reporter is assigned to shadow Detectives Ballauf and Schenk as they investigate the murder. Eventually, a recently released serial killer is suspected of the crime. Ongoing through September 5 EXHIBIT August Sander: Photographs of the German Landscape Stately studies of the landscape around Cologne taken in the late 1930s. www.phillipscollection.org/html/exhibits.html  Philipps Collection 1600 21st St. NW For Events After August 20 2004 Click Here

German Language Church Services in Washington
United Church (Concordia Kirche) 1920 G Street, NW, Washington, DC. (202) 331-1495 . (Location for Washington Saengerbund's annual Christmas concert.) German service at 9:30 on first and third Sundays in the month.	Our Lady of Bethesda (Deutsche Katholische Mission), 7007 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20817. Sonntagsgottesdienste 10.00 Uhr	Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde sonntags 9.30 Uhr Pilgrim Lutheran Church 5500 Massachussetts Avenue Bethesda, MD 20816
German Language Television in the DC Area	Mondays thru Fridays 3 - 4PM WNVC over the air Channel 56; Virginia PBS in German news [at times with English subtitles] Mondays thru Fridays 7:30 PM WNVC over the air Channel 56; Virginia PBS News from Germany but in English	Sundays 9pm erratically: German television detective shows on International Mystery WNVC over the air Channel 56 with repeats on Channelm 53; Virginia PBS