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Photo album of German-Jewish Salzmann family 1930s vacations.

Photo album of German-Jewish Salzmann family vacations through the eastern United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s after their flight from Nazi Germany.

Photo album of German-Jewish Salzmann family in Berlin as they prepare for emigration, and eldest daughter Ruth in England as part of the Kindertransport.

Selections from Civil War diary kept by the thirty-year-old Jacob Naumann, a German-born Union soldier. Includes hand-drawn sketches of individual skirmishes and individual entries.

Apostolic elders note church's longtime dependence on German, their loyalty, and opposition to any upcoming language legislation, noting as well their independence from Amish and Mennonite communities.

Local German preacher expresses disappointment in Babel, especially in light of the German-language stumping he undertook two years ago for the governor, which, he notes, the "election showed [was] not in vain."

Preacher notes touching story of older monolingual German who would rather die than have no service in German, as he could not understand the English.

Daugs has detailed questions about the actual enforcement of Babel as well as the consequences for defiance.

Luana citizen notes the town's large numbers of Germans and their intransigence in speaking the language, especially during church services.

Group of pastors asks for concessions for monolingual parishoners.
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