Posted on Apr 8, 2017
During World War I, U.S. Government Propaganda Erased German Culture
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Lot of My Ancestors were Part of the 1850 Migration of Germans to Missouri
During World War I, U.S. Government Propaganda Erased German Culture
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SPC John Parmenter
Yes! A lot of German-American families suddenly became "Dutch." I'm aware of a Luftwaffe Veteran of the Battle of Britain who moved to Texas & changed his name from Wilhelm von D______ to just plain Bill D______.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC (Join to see) You Mean Like Wilhelm Wessling Nagel to say William "Chip" Nagel?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel does that count as a Americanization of a German name to avoid getting harassed by everybody? If so, I understand
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC (Join to see) - More "Anglicized" than anything else but I definitely come from German Stock, Casper Ronsiek (Prussian) Wilhelm Nagel (Bavarian) Wilhelm Henry Wessling (Bavarian) Lietz (German Jews) Miller (German/French Border Alsace Loraine Vineyard Area.
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Interesting article Chip I think they were doing similar things during WW11 with POW camps !!!
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