Some of the most common stereotypes of Germans are their physical attributes. Many picture blonde haired children with blue eyes. If imaging the adults a picture of a tall, muscle man may come to mind. Although it may not be related to the physical appearance, but it is commonly thought that Germans live on sausage and sauerkraut. It would seem that Germans are also pictured wearing the traditional Bavarian dress of lederhosen. The short leather pants reaching just to the knee, decorated with embroidery and supported with straps across the shoulders. Germans are also thought of as arrogant which may stem from there renowned engineering skills.
Blond hair, blue eyes: Many pictures we see today of the German people have within them blond haired blue-eyed children. We also might have gotten these mental images from the remains of Hitler’s propaganda machine, and his belief of an Aryan race. He in return may have gotten the idea from the writings of Tacitus about the German pe
Messerschmitt a German company invented the first jet plane during WWII, and every one knows of the famous V-2 rockets the world’s first ballistic missile invented by Werner von Braun “the rocket Barronâ€.
Professor Porsche: is also world renowned for his famous sports car. He is also the inventor of the Volkswagen.
Lederhosen or modern leather short pants appeared first in the German state of Bavaria. Its not known when they were first worn. It is assumed they have originated with knee breeches and gradually become shorter. It is also assumed that they probably originated in the 18th Century. There are two types of lederhosen, short pants and knicker-like pants. Lederhosen were also worn in rural parts of Austria and Switzerland. They are often associated with the local popular folk music. Boy scouts and other youth groups in those countries. Boys in the 1920s-40s wore them much as modern boys wear jeans. The lederhosen is generally a folk costume of Bavaria and Austria. Today it is only worn on folk
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