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"We must tell our children and our children's children the story of the heroes of every land and every time who have given their lives, that liberty and fraternity and equality might survive among men."

Governor David Marston Clough - Dedication of Hermann Monument, September 26 1987. Source Here

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Hall of Fame:

Those of German ancestry whose names appear below, are hereby honoured by German World Alliance/Deutsche welt-Allianz for their unselfish contribution to culture, society and the advancement of bi-lateral relations between all peoples through education, understanding, loyalty and compassion. 

Categorical Listing:     Architects:     Adolf Cluss   Walter Gropius   Johann August Roebling     Ludwig Mies van der Rohe       Brewery Business:   Adolphus Busch     Adolphus Coors     Frederick Miller   Frederick Pabst     Joseph Schlitz     Bernhard Stroh         Broadway, Hollywood:   Fred Astaire     Mary Astor     Kevin Costner     Doris Day     Angie Dickinson     Marlene Dietrich     Hardy Krueger     Hedy Lamarr     Ethel Merman     Arnold Schwarzenegger     Elke Sommer     Johnny Weismuller         Businessmen, Industrialists   John Jacob Astor     Henry Frick     Conrad Hilton     William Knabe and Charles Steiff     Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg     Clement and Henry Studebaker     George Westinghouse     Rudolf Würlitzer         Cartoonists:     Thomas Nast     Charles Schulz         Catholic Clergy:     Cardinal Aloysius Münch     Father Emmanuel J. Reichenberger         Food Industry:     Henry John Heinz     Milton Hershey     James Lewis Kraft     Oscar, Max and Gottfried Mayer         Literature:     Theodore Dreiser     Henry Louis Mencken     Sylvia Plath     Erich Maria Remarque     John Steinbeck     Kurt Vonnegut     Franz Werfel         Music:     Leon Bismarck (“Bix”) Beiderbecke     Damrosch Family     John Denver     Ferde Grofe     Anthony Philip Heinrich     Chris Isaak     Maria Jeritza     Fritz Kreisler     Erich Kunzel     Lotte Lehmann     Elisabeth Rethberg     Ernestine Schumann-Heink     John Philip Sousa     Theodore Thomas     Maria von Trapp     Helen Traubel     Bruno Walter     Lawrence Welk           Painters:     Albert Bierstadt     Lyonel Feininger     Frederick Carl Frieseke     Carl Rudolph Krafft     Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze     Charles Christian Nahl     Charles Wimar         Politics, The Armed Forces Judiciary:   Warren Burger     Clara Louise Maass     William Langer     Frederick Muhlenberg     Admiral Chester Nimitz     Carl Schurz     Paul Simon     Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Steuben     Churck Yeager     Admiral Elmo Zumwalt           Protestant Theologians:   Reinhold Niebuhr     Paul Johannes Tillich         Science and Technology:   Hans Albrecht Bethe     Wernher von Braun     Albert Einstein     Charles Proteus Steinmetz     Gustave Whitehead         Sports:     Henry Louis Gehrig     “Babe” Ruth     Peter Victor Ueberroth         Teaching:     Hannah Arendt     Francis Lieber     Margarethe Meyer

Alphabetical Listing (by surname)   Hannah Arendt   Fred Astaire   John Jacob Astor     Mary Astor     Leon Bismarck (“Bix”)     Beiderbecke     Hans Albrecht Bethe     Albert Bierstadt     Wernher von Braun     Warren Burger     Adolphus Busch     Adolf Cluss     Adolphus Coors     Kevin Costner     Damrosch Family     Doris Day     John Denver     Angie Dickinson     Marlene Dietrich     Theodore Dreiser     Albert Einstein     Lyonel Feininger     Henry Frick     Frederick Carl Frieseke     Henry Louis Gehrig     Ferde Grofe     Walter Gropius     Anthony Philip Heinrich     Henry John Heinz     Milton Hershey     Conrad Hilton     Chris Isaak     Maria Jeritza     William Knabe and Charles Steiff     Carl Rudolph Krafft     James Lewis Kraft     Fritz Kreisler     Hardy Krueger     Erich Kunzel     Hedy Lamarr     William Langer     Lotte Lehmann     Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze     Francis Lieber     Clara Louise Maass     Oscar, Max and Gottfried Mayer     Henry Louis Mencken     Ethel Merman     Margarethe Meyer     Frederick Miller     Frederick Muhlenberg     Cardinal Aloysius Münch     Charles Christian Nahl     Thomas Nast     Reinhold Niebuhr     Admiral Chester Nimitz     Frederick Pabst     Sylvia Plath     Father Emmanuel J. Reichenberger     Erich Maria Remarque     Elisabeth Rethberg     Johann August Roebling     Ludwig Mies van der Rohe     “Babe” Ruth     Joseph Schlitz     Charles Schulz     Ernestine Schumann-Heink     Carl Schurz     Arnold Schwarzenegger     Paul Simon     Elke Sommer     John Philip Sousa     John Steinbeck     Charles Proteus Steinmetz     Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg     Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Steuben     Bernhard Stroh     Clement and Henry Studebaker     Theodore Thomas     Paul Johannes Tillich     Maria von Trapp     Helen Traubel     Peter Victor Ueberroth     Kurt Vonnegut     Bruno Walter     Johnny Weismuller     Lawrence Welk     Franz Werfel     George Westinghouse     Gustave Whitehead     Charles Wimar     Rudolf Würlitzer     Churck Yeager     Admiral Elmo Zumwalt

Bibliography:   The German-Americans: An Ethnic Experience. A publication of the Max Kade German-American Center. Published in German in 1990, translated in 1993.     Links:   http://www.germanheritage.com/Essays/index.html Society of German American Studies http://feefhs.org/frg-sgas.html     Max Kade, University of Indiana http://www-lib.iupui.edu/kade/home.html     Mennonites in the US http://www.mcusa-archives.org/ http://www.germanamericanpioneers.org/

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