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“Do you know what it’s like for a Negro to be among the ‘conquerors’ instead of the defeated? We learned about it for the first time when we ‘occupied’ Germany and none of us ever got over it. We will never go back to the old way again.“

William Gardner Smith, Interview in the New York Post (September 1959)

 




NEWS:

GHI Receives 2010 Partner Award of the Humanities Council
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Maria Höhn Wins DAAD/GSA Prize for the Best Article in the German Studies Review

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Photography Exhibition
Germany:

Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut German American Institute
Tübingen
October 1 - November 26, 2010

USA:

University of California, Berkeley, CA
October 7 - November 7, 2010


A Breath of Freedom
By Maria Höhn &
Martin Klimke
Forthcoming with Palgrave Macmillan Fall 2010
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House Resolution Recognizing the Difficult Challenges and Heroism of Black Veterans

February 24, 2010
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Marvin Gilmore Honored for WW II Military Service

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Boston Globe article


Vernon Baker, Belated Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 90
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Images

This gallery of images illustrates the untold story of African-American GIs and Germany and the transnational implications of the African-American civil rights movement.

By illuminating the experience of World War II, the postwar period, as well as the emergence of the civil rights movement and black power solidarity in East and West Germany, it provides a small glimpse into the wealth of photographs that will be made available through our digital archive. For another selection of images, see our exhibition.
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