Amerika Haus
FormationFollowing the end of the Second World War
Dissolved2006
PurposeTo learn more about American culture and politics, and engage in discussion and debate on the transatlantic relationship
Location
  • Germany, Austria
OwnerUnited States government

The America House (Amerika Haus, plural: Amerika Häuser) was an institution developed following the end of the Second World War to provide an opportunity for German and Austrian citizens to learn more about American culture and politics, and engage in discussion and debate on the transatlantic relationship. Run by the American government until 2006, Amerika Häuser were located in Frankfurt, Berlin, Heidelberg, Munich, Vienna and other cities. During the Vietnam War, German student protests in Berlin often took place in front of the America Haus.[1]

List of Amerika Häuser

To further promote cultural ties and mutual understanding, a new Amerika Haus was opened 1952 in Graz, Austria
Residents Visit the Bookmobile in Mannheim, West Germany
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2015)

See also

References

  1. ^ Eva Dorothée Schmid, "Es war einmal im Amerikahaus" Der Tagesspiegel (September 29, 2008) (in German)

External links

International cultural promotion organizations
Authority control databases: National
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