The German Way   Updates Page

German Way  Updates and Extras

On this special page you’ll find links to all of our supplementary pages—information that updates or adds to the books’ content—plus information and links to resources for German language and culture.

On this page

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• A list of Updates and Extras on this site
• Biographical information
• Education
• German
• Religion
• Science and technology
• Telecommunications
• Other resources on the Web

Also on this site

• Site Map - A guide to finding your way around this site
• Search this site
• Banking
• CINEMA: The German-Hollywood Connection
• Expats Page - For US and other expatriates and nomads living in German-speaking Europe.
• Expat Blog - The German Way Expat Blog discusses topics of interest to expats in German-speaking Europe.
• GW&M Interviews - For travelers, expats, or expats-to-be!
• Pen pals in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
• Photo Gallery - Photos related to German Way topics
• Recommended reading and links to online book stores
• School and university Web sites in the German-speaking world (some in English also)
• Tourist information for...
• Austria
• Germany
• City Guides - Germany - History and sights
• Switzerland
• Updates by German Way topic on the Contents page
• Travel info, including airline and air travel Web sites
• For teachers and students of German
• Web sites related to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Updates List

Note: Updates are also indicated on the Contents page. Also see the listings by subject below.

• Berlin Airlift 1948-49
• Berlin: The vanishing Wall - Will it be just a memory?
• Cell Phone Tips - Will your “Handy” (cell phone) work in Germany?
• Corrections to The German Way
• Dining out - What to do—and not!
• Electrical Tips - The shocking facts.
• Expat Interviews
• Famous Folks - Austrians, Germans, Swiss
• German Celebrations and Holidays - Calendar and guide
• Germanic genealogy on our new genealogy page
• The German Past and Swiss Nazi gold
• Internet and Modem Tips
• The higher-education crisis in Germany
• The military today with links to the Austrian and German armed forces
• Shopping, or Never on Sunday - German shopping hours have improved, but...
• Telephone Tips
• Television - PAL and why your North American TV set won’t work in Europe... and what you can do about it.
• Ufa - the once mighty German film studio - A history and links to Babelsberg today
• Wine Lessons - Reflections from a vineyard in Baden
• Women in society - Who says women can't play?
• Web links for many topics related to Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Biographical Connections

• Famous Austrians, Germans and Swiss - From Adenauer to Zuse!
• Famous People Index
• Alfred Herrhausen and German terrorism
• Ludwig II of Bavaria. Was he really mad?
• Sigmund Freud - Angst and all that
• Biographical books
• The German-Hollywood Connection - Germans and others in Hollywood

Education

• Education
• Can the German university be saved? (on this site)
• A list of Online schools and universities in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland - Also online US/Canadian schools with German programs.

German

• German Dialects (from the book)
• German Language - Some tips for learning the language of Bach and Goethe (this site)
• AboutGerman.net - Free online lessons
• German at About.com

Religion

• Scientology and Germany, Tom Cruise and Germany - the controversy. (this site)
• The German Katholische Kirche (Catholic Church) (in German)
• The German Evangelische Kirche (Protestant Church) (in German)
• Lutherstadt Wittenberg (City of Luther) - All about Martin Luther and the other Protestant reformers, plus tourist information.
• The Martin Luther - About the founder of German Lutheranism - Martin Luther. In several languages, including English.

Science and technology

• Technology Update:
  • Hedy Lamarr’s 1942 U.S. patent
  • Konrad Zuse: German computer power
• See Famous people for links to Sigmund Freud, Konrad Zuse (the inventor of the world's first electro-mechanical computer) and other famous and not-so-famous brains.

Telecommunications

• Cell Phone Tips - Ist das ein Handy?
• Internet and Modem Tips
• Telephone tips - everything you wanted to know about using Bell's invention in the German-speaking world
• Television - Why your North American TV set won’t work in Europe... and what you can do about it.
• Deutsche Telekom's privatization and German risk taking.
• The post office also deals with telecommunications!
• Deutsche Telekom AG - in English or German

Other Web site listings for Austria,
Germany, and Switzerland

• Germany Today! by Angela Lilleystone has a nice design and a wide variety of interesting links (including The German Way and More).
• The Goethe Institute Web site is a link to Goethe Institutes all over the world (German language and culture). See their great Web resources list! In German and English.
• AATG Online - The American Association of Teachers of German Web site offers many links of interest to students, teachers and others.
• LEO.org - LEO = Link Everything Online (dictionaries, stats, info-links, etc.)