Burning Beethoven: Burning Beethoven. The Eradication of German Culture in The United States During World War I

by Erik Kirschbaum

Before World War I, the United States were home to a flourishing German culture. German-Americans were the biggest and most successful ethnic group all over the Midwest. But this culture was wiped out forever by a fury of an anti-German hysteria after America had entered the war. Overzealous American patriots renamed Sauerkraut "Liberty Cabbage", slaughtered dachshunds, and eradicated the German language from American schools, churches, and newspapers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3960260660
• ISBN13: 9783960260660
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Manahatta
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"