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Audio Recording Recording of a conversation between officers of D.A.N.K. (German American National Congress) and the editor of a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Recording of a conversation between officers of D.A.N.K. (German American National Congress) and the editor of a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

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Title

  • Recording of a conversation between officers of D.A.N.K. (German American National Congress) and the editor of a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Hellenberg, Antony, 1938-2000 (Collector)
  • Reinke, Siegfried (Interviewee)
  • Kanies, Willi (None)
  • Baroni, Walter (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 1977

Headings

  • -  German Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  D.A.N.K. (Reinke, Kanies, Baroni), part 1
  • -  Part 1 of a 2-part recording of conversation about German American cultural expression, made in a restaurant at the D.A.N.K. headquarters, 4740 N. Western Ave., with Siegfried Reinke, President of D.A.N.K. Nord (North), Willi Kanies, executive vice-president of national D.A.N.K., and Walter Baroni, editor of the German language Amerika Woche; part 3 of this conversation was not successfully recorded; at its founding in 1959, D.A.N.K. stood for Deutsch Amerikanischer National Kongress; in Chicago, the non-profit operates the D.A.N.K. House German American Cultural Center; topics include introductory remarks; about the low profile, independent attitudes, and lack of togetherness of current German Americans; on the low cultural level of German immigrants to America; about the attitude of second generation people to German American activities conducted in the German language; discussion of what are "true" German traditions; about Faust's book on German Americans (presumably The German Element in the United States, by Albert Bernhardt Faust, 1909); about the loss of German high culture and true folk traditions among German Americans; importance of promoting German culture and language among high school students; about the 1977 National Sangerfest in Chicago.; about the independent spirit of German immigrants; D.A.N.K. serves as an agency for charter flights to Germany.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20553a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0621
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T030-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Hellenberg, Antony, Siegfried Reinke, Willi Kanies, and Walter Baroni. Recording of a conversation between officers of D.A.N.K. German American National Congress and the editor of a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20553a/.

APA citation style:

Hellenberg, A., Reinke, S., Kanies, W. & Baroni, W. (1977) Recording of a conversation between officers of D.A.N.K. German American National Congress and the editor of a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20553a/.

MLA citation style:

Hellenberg, Antony, et al. Recording of a conversation between officers of D.A.N.K. German American National Congress and the editor of a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20553a/>.