Today you can visit maxim-films and enjoy the film Utopia via Video on Demand. Or you can enjoy a gallery of photographs recalling the traveling exhibition Utopia – Revisiting a German State in America as it began in 2009….
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This is a short post for all of the followers of our blog who are descendants of the members of the Giessen Emigration Society. They have been waiting patiently for… Read more Group picture of the Descendants →
Missouri is a state rich with German Heritage! From the Maifests to the Oktoberfests, from St. Louis to Concordia, and the wineries that fill the Missouri River valley, we still enjoy many customs and traditions and proudly state “my ancestors came from Germany!”
We will stop in the most famous and historic German place in Missouri (which some called Utopia) – the quaint little Dutzow – where Gottfried Duden wrote the book! There we will have beautiful photo opportunities, learn new things and have a delicious boxed lunch that is incredible. No body goes hungry. While we are there we will have a little wine, and a little music – and Gemütlichkeit.
While the Utopia exhibit has returned to its homeland, U.S. residents can still experience the Utopia story! Utopia – the book On November 1, 2013 the catalog for Utopia –… Read more Utopia – Revisiting a German State in America →
Utopia – Its journey in photos beginning November 1, 2013 in Giessen Germany, to Bremen, to Washington, D.C. and finally to St. Louis, Missouri. It traveled just as our emigrant ancestors once did….
The exhibit Utopia – Revisiting a German State in America opened November 1, 2013 in Giessen Germany. It was shown in Bremen Germany, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis Missouri. Finishing at the Missouri History Museum on April 19, 2015 it was visited by over 75,000 people worldwide.
