European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday december 1. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 seminar participants Robert Asch top Richard a. Lang left. Donna of Gecomo and Zemene Stuhr. 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Cuifici Nti Ilion Camps i did i know to Minnesota native Vern clue Stuhr said recalling her Lears Deloro an initial in to Germany As an Exchange Slu Donl in 197-t everybody ale sauerkraut and drank Beer and i to women All had hairy legs my Cousin told me Hal i Lold All germans arc nazis. They a tank a lot of Beer they Wear lederhosen and they Yodel said air Foice. Sum sgt Richard a Lang whose jewish Lei Alives had lied Germany m 1935 by coming Here is disowned by some members of my family Bui it was my personal Choice o tie Here. I came and i in glad i did after arriving he and the others began Dilc run listing Between North and South German temperaments they noticed contradictory German tendencies toward aggression and accommodation they found stability in the midst it apparent cultural upheaval and they Learned nol to take then own Osbor Valins Loo seriously " me love our Piei Udics said Roth Natch. An american who first came to Germany in 1957 As a Soldier. 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I some limbs wonder it americans can imagine How in is la have soldiers marching around speaking a foreign language. Its us weird Sho said Lel Conrig to the u 3. Troops Sla Honcel in her country unlike the americans living in Germany. The germans who Tiv Cri in the United slates did nol have the option of living among vast numbers of their it a take Cili cons Angilika Lundquis smog Manoc an american and lived for four years in sail Lake cily starting in i07g working As a waitress a microbiology research technician and a German Leach or while earning s master s Degroo in Geiman she found Hal her new Home in Many ways lived up to its Hornun nickname land Dor much Cheiten 11 and of unlimited possibilities ii somebody in the us a wants to do something they can do if. Regardless of whether incy arc qualified Lundquis smog said my experience was that i could iry out anything to see in i in toyed in i had More opportunities " lunch Bausch who wandered to los Angeles a i 21 with no Clear . Got the same impression he found a himself working As a Volunteer social worker a rna Oon and a truck Driver Irav clog extensively Holorid the american bureaucracy less cumbersome the German and surprised thai americans me a u by required to shove serving As witnesses in a court Case which to did Many germans at the seminar expressed dismay Hal one common Sere Iype proved Irue americans ready seem to know very Little about the rest of Hie world. Bausch sri id one 18 year old boy in Cali Lorma asked him we Adoll Hiler still was in Power a Iron ago Girt asked him in he had come to the sales by greyhound bus and a mount Palorner ohse Ivalo y a director did t there Are two i can t Roii a int is the picture americans have of Germany because it s so do said bul added thai to was amazed whenever someone asked whether germans have rely aerators. Sometimes i simply could t bolide How Haile the americans know Aboul the Oul Sido ii i i cd said. Ii baffled me olten. And annoyed me
