Lewis and Clark's Expidition

“Around 27 B.C. the Roman Empire began to occupy much of Europe. Three hundred years later, the Romans brought Christianity to the land that became Germany.” (Lane page 6) Over the next few hundred years, the Romans were defeated; although their church maintained its power. Some followers had protested against the Roman Catholic Church and became known as Protestantism. “Today about 46 million Germans are Protestant and 35 million are Catholic.” (Lane page 12) “The Jewish religion is about 4,000 years old.” (Lane page 12) Their most important teachings are written in the Torah. “In the 1960s many people came to Germany from Turkey. They brought their religion, Islam, with them. Today, 2.6 million Musl

Christmas, or Weihnachten, is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Although Christmas day is December 25, The Christmas season in Germany starts four Sunday’s before and ends twelve days after. “The most important Christian holiday is Easter. It marks the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is also a celebration of spring and the new life that it brings. The day on which Christ died is called Good Friday or Quiet Friday in Germany.” (Lane page 10)

Germany is well known for its sausages, there are over 300 kinds! Many religions and cities have their own specialties. In Southern Germany, Wurstkuchen are restaurants that serve nothing but sausages. At a street food stall called an Imbiss, there are a number of different sausages to choose from. They are all cooked on an open grill and served in a long bun.

Before the invention of refrigerators, pickling, or soaking food in salt water or vinegar, was a popular way to preserve food. The food was sealed in a jar with brine or vinegar for anywhere from two weeks to several months. People started pickling everything they could from shredded cabbage, fish, cucumbers and beef.

During the 1700s, Turkish immigrants opened up stalls selling Doner Kebabs. Thin pieces of meat are then sliced from a longer piece of meat cooked on a rotating skewer. They are then stuffed into a flat bread pocket. Raw vegetables are added to the sandwich, with a generous squirt of yogurt sauce and a shake of extra hot spice to top it off.

During World War ÉÉ, the Nazis murdered six million Jews, one third of all Jews in the world. This well planned mass murder is known as the Holocaust. Nazis rounded up all of the Jews and sent them to concentration camps. “In these camps, healthy adults were used for slave labor and were often worked to death. Children, the sick, and the elderly, who were not suitable for labor, were murdered soon after their arrival.” (Lane page 11) Up to one thousand people were locked into large rooms called gas chambers, and killed by poisonous cyanide gas.

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