German Americans is a ethnic group of American citizens of German ancestry. According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2013 there were 46 million Americans who claimed some German ancestry. In parts of the Northern United States they outnumber any other ethnic groups. In Wisconsin, for example, 41% of the population is German-American. They are the largest ethnic group in the United States.
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Carl Schurz was the first German born US Senator (Missouri, 1868) and later US Secretary of the Interior
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The Wahrenberger House in Austin served as a German-American school.
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Temporary quarters for Volga Germans in central Kansas, 1875
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Marlene Dietrich signing a soldier's cast (Belgium, 1944)
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Parking meter checker stands by his police vehicle which is imprinted with the German word for police (Polizei). It is part of the town's highlighting its German ethnic origins. New Ulm, Minnesota, July 1974.