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Oct 1 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm St Benedict Church
        German-American Day is a holiday in the United States, observed annually on October 6. The holiday, which celebrates German American heritage, commemorates the date in 1683 when 13 German families from [...]

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Steuben Queen for 2023-24, Karina Thut

Karina Thut has been an active member of the German American Community Since she was three years of age. She began at the Chicago Donauschwaben in the Kindergruppe and participated for 10 years until the […]
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In Memory of Erich Himmel

Erich Michael Himmel, was born in Moosburg outside of Munich, Germany on January 3, 1936; he spent most of his youth in Gottfrieding, Bavaria. In 1958, Erich and Inge immigrated to the United States to […]
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Eintracht to continue in Posterity

After the German Newspaper Eintracht, published over 95 years in the Chicago area, has incorporated its publication with the New York Staatszeitung in February, 2016, we were fortunate to turn over our vast collection to […]

DANK Haus Virtual Events

  • Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino (Saturday, September 23, 2023)
    KINO, KAFFEE UND KUCHEN  Saturdays at the DANK Haus in Room 206 10:30 - 11:00 AM | Kaffee und Kuchen 11:00 - 12:00 PM | Vorfilm 12:00 PM | Feature Film Begins Join us each Saturday at the DANK Haus in Fall, Winter, and Spring for Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino. Each week guest [...]
  • Chicago Brewology (Saturday, September 23, 2023)
    Chicago Brewology 2nd Floor Brauhaus Room Saturday, September 23 2-5 PM DANK Haus will be hosting a Chicago Brewology event on September 23rd from 2 pm to 5 pm in the second floor Brauhaus room! This event will feature several presentations about German Chicago brewerie [...]
  • Women in Focus Chicago Closing Reception (Friday, September 29, 2023)
    Women in Focus Photography Exhibition Closing Reception Friday, September 29, 5-8 PM DANK Haus Treffpunkt Please join us for the closing reception of the Women in Focus Chicago exhibition at the DANK Haus. Women in Focus Chicago is an artist-initiated organization of f [...]

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2021 Steuben Parade 100 Club

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American Aid Society of German Descendants
Blatter & Blatter, Attorneys
D’Lustigen Holzhacker Buam of Chicago
Deutch-American Childrens Chorus
Egerlaender-Sudetengemeinschaft
George & Gisela Boehm
George Rieg VI
German American Mardi Gras Association Prinzen Paar
German American Police Association
Germania Womans Club
Harlem Manner & Damen Chor
Heimat & Trachten Verein Edelweiss Chicago
Henrietta Baltes
Horst Siegel
Irene & Joseph Rotter
John K. Omischl
Joseph Bradtke Antique Movers Inc.
Ludwig Interiors
Niedersachsen Club Chicago
Rheinischer Verein 1890
Schumacher Imports Inc.
Schwaben Athletic Club
Schwaben Verein Chicago
Society of the Danube Swabians
Transylvania Saxon Benefit