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German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃʔameʁɪˌkaːnɐ]) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. According to the United States Census Bureau 's figures from 2022, German Americans make up roughly 41 million people in the US, which is approximately 12% of the population. [7]
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German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War [citation needed]. More than 200,000 native-born Germans, along with another 250,000 1st-generation German-Americans, served in the Union Army, notably from New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio. Several thousand also fought for the Confederacy.
Internment of German resident aliens and German-American citizens occurred in the United States during the periods of World War I and World War II. During World War II, the legal basis for this detention was under Presidential Proclamation 2526, made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act.
German American Bund parade on East 86th St., New York City, October 30, 1937. On March 19, 1936, the German American Bund was established as a follow-up organization for the Friends of New Germany in Buffalo, New York. [7][18] The Bund elected a German-born American citizen Fritz Julius Kuhn as its leader (Bundesführer). [19]
Lincoln Bank Tower. List of Germans relocated to the US via the Operation Paperclip. List of place names of German origin in the United States. Littig Brothers/Mengel & Klindt/Eagle Brewery. Little Germany, Manhattan. Llano County, Texas. Harold Loeffelmacher. History of Germans in Louisville. Loyal Valley, Texas.
American German. Over 50 million Americans claim German ancestry, which makes them the largest single claimed ancestry group in the United States. Around 1.06 million people in the United States speak the German language at home. [6] It is the second most spoken language in North Dakota (1.39% of its population) [7] and is the third most spoken ...
Category:American people of German descent. The main article for this category is German Americans. This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of German ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Wikimedia Commons has media related to American people of German descent.