Wonders what the current position is on languages. Are "we to let these fellows do as they please and talk as they like now, or are we still making them be good."
Photograph from the wedding of American soldier Ben Tylee and his German war bride, Magdalena Gerhard. They married in 1922, following his service in the war. On the back, Magdalena has written "Ben & I, May 6, 1922, married in Coblentz."
Portion of local electrical grid map for Pershing Park in Berlin, Iowa created in 1915. Notably, someone has scratched out "Lincoln" and penciled in "Berlin," demonstrating the pressures felt by German communities in the context of First-World-War…
German-Language Inset in Largely English-Language paper during World War I. The title says: "This section is for family members who prefer to read German."
The front page of the Dubuque Times-Journal is mostly celebrating the end of the First World War. However, on the left-hand side of the front page is an editorial about the end of the war. The editorial is Anti-German in all its language. The…
How the war was framed as one protecting humanity from Germany and the warning towards German aliens give some interesting context into how they thought about Germans.
This letter basically says to remove any books from the library that could be considered favoring the german side. Good evidence for talking about the vilification of germans and wartime policy.
