The German health care system has most people covered by non-profit organization. This could be a great thing for them because they will probably have to pay less. Another thing is that they have to pay based on their income. Their employer also contributes their wages up to a certain amount. They also are unique because they have to accept all applicants. The applicants have a limited number of companies to pick from because they must choose through their employer. However, they do not have long term care through this system. They must get this through private insurance companies. There are people that do not have the non-profit insurance and they must pay for private insurance. Private insurance is also regulated by the government but is more expensive. Also, in Germany, contrary to popular belief, not many of the taxed go towards health care.
The American health care system, however, offers more options than that of the German system. It is also more flexible with the insurance that people may want. However, healthcare in the United States can be very expensive. Employers pay for much of the healthcare, however. We can get some insurance through the government but only if you qualify. The system does lack if you don't qualify for the state insurance but can't pay the premiums for the private insurance.

Health Care

As an American, the term “Government health care” is supposed to scare me and make me mad and gather up my guns to get ready to fight for freedom and the American way.   However, the German system is an example to the rest of the world that a government health care system can work.

The German system, unlike what many people believe, is not paid for by massive takes collected by the government.  Rather, it is a blend of private and public sectors that work together to provide health care.  Companies are licensed by the government to provide health care.  German’s pay about 8% of their working wages to pay for this excellent health care.  One of the big advantages of German health care is the completeness of the coverage.  Companies do not try to get away with as little as possible.  You could even be paid by your healthcare provider to take care of your elderly parents rather than send them to a nursing home.  While the insurance is mandatory, I do not think this is too much of a negative because if your don’t make very much money, then your 8% is going to be less than the 8% of someone who does make a lot of money.  But both people get the same coverage!

In the American system, the pros and cons are much more extreme.  On the one hand, you have complete freedom to choose whatever type of coverage you want.  On the other hand if you do want really good coverage, you will probably be paying more like 18% of your wages for insurance.  If you want more affordable insurance payments, your deductable is likely going to be very high and unless you have a major injury, your insurance will likely never kick in.  However with the huge size of our country, both geometrically, and demographically, I don’t know if a German type system will work here because there is so much diversity in our country from one region to another, each with their different needs. 

Health Care

Health care is seen as a big necessity in most if not all countries due to no country wants all its people to be sick and die.  American health care for a long time was a monument to what health care should be but in more recent times German health care has taken over as the steeple of great health care.  Compared to America Germany pays a fraction of we do for health care and everyone gets it whereas, up until Obama, we paid a lot for just ourselves and if you didn't pay, you didn't get it.  Now that America has Obamacare everyone has to get health care no matter what.  I think it is good that everyone gets health care but it is also unfair because some employers won’t pay for it and it is, for some, too expensive to pay for it alone.  The German system, however, is a little more flexible in the fact that if you make more than a certain amount of money than you have to get private insurance because well frankly you can afford it.  Now that makes more sense to me.  I like that if you make enough money for your own insurance that you pay for your own insurance and not make you employer do it.

Health care

       German health care is thought to be among the best in the world, it is very different then the Health care we have here in the U.S.  Germans pay a little for health care so that everyone is covered it is basically like welfare.  There are two classifications of health insurance in germany,  compulsory and private. The more money you make the more you pay for insurance which is very much like America's income tax.  There were some aspects of german health insurance that resembled pre- Obama care system.  In the private sector of insurance in Germany your physical health, age and weight are factors that effect the amount of money you pay for your coverage.  Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung is the health care that covers most Germans. 

German v American Healthcare

Just as many things in our two cultures vary, so does our healthcare options. In Germany every citizen must have health insurance, it is required by law. With this being said, the health care system is set up so all citizens can be insured. Every German pays 8 percent of their gross income to a non-profit insurer,called a sickness fund. There are around 240 different options for the sickness fund. In addition to this all insurance for children is free until they turn 18. As Americans we see this 8 percent as a sizable amount however, considering all aspects, it is around the same amount we pay. The difference, though, is that Germans get more benefit for the amount they pay. Also the employers in Germany only pay 8 percent of each employees gross income, while in the US the employers pay 18 percent. Another difference is in America the insurances are ran by private companies which have the power to jack up prices when you get sick or raise premium when you grow old. In Germany the government ensures that the price stay low enough so it is affordable for everyone. In America we have 48 million people without health insurance, yet it is still a conversation who has the better health care.

Versicherung and Krankheit

The German Health Insurance is different from the US. In Germany, the people pay about 8 % of their GROSS earnings for this Health Insurance. There is GKV, which covers majority of Germans. It encourages those who make above a certain amount of money to pay for private insurance because they have enough money, and it is more flexible. People can pay extra for the ability to see more specialists. You do not have to pay a deductible either. In America, about 18% of income goes to paying for health care, which is way more than in Germany.  Some cons within German Health Insurance include that fact that it does not cover long term care, and spouses have to get different insurance because they work for different places. American Health Insurance is trying to provide everyone with universal healthcare, but some people may or may not lose their insurance; or they may not get to keep their old insurance. Another big problem along with many others revolving around the healthcare issue is that people could not even sign up for it because websites prevented the task. The Affordable Care Act has a deadline as of tonight for people to sign up for healthcare. People uninsured through employers or Medicare/Medicaid will have to purchase private insurance. After tonight, one will see how many signed up in time along with how many will face fees for missing the deadline. The outlook for this care system is on private care profit and good, class-based, rationed insurance for majority of Americans. Many predict that by 2017 18% of Americans will have private insurance. Many also say that the aim of this ACA is to take away employer-based insurance. Regardless if down the road American Healthcare works out, right now it is at a shifting point at which nobody is happy with. This is probably the biggest con of American Healthcare right now is that it is a very messy process of adjustment and progress partnered with letdown.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/white-house-ally-reveals-anti-working-class-agenda-behind-obamacare/5375963

Health Care

German Health Care is considered to be some of the best in the World. There are many differences when it is compared to the United States. Many would argue that it is better and that we need to switch to the system more like the Germans. We are currently under Obama care, which every American citizen is required to have. Some of the bad things about our system are that it forces Americans to pay for a lot of coverage, including abortions which are not ok because it goes against many people’s beliefs. However, it does insure every American has health care, which is important to the health of the country as a whole. Obama care is still a very hotly debated issue, even though it was already passed and made into a law.

German health care is very different than our health care. To start off, individuals pay for income based on their income. Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung is the health care that covers most Germans. Coverage also covers most health-care needs, with the exception of some long term needs. Long-term health care benefits are usually not as good, so most people to go with private insurance. With the Germans, very little tax money goes into the health care system; the money is usually supplied from premiums paid by workers employees to their insurance companies. The benefits from the system are very generous and it is also very easy to get in touch with a doctor and make an appointment. About 85% of Germans voluntarily are involved in the health care system, while the rest are covered privately with more expensive systems. Germans are very happy with what they have because it is fair; none costly and they actually get the care they need. The officials want the hospitals to be more competitive, but only time will tell how the system could change.

Health Care

The German health care system is classified as a welfare system. Everyone has to pitch in money to car for the good of the many. This is a pretty standard system throughout Europe. There two different types of insurance in Germany: private and compulsory. The latter is based on the amount of money you make. The more money you make the more you pay for insurance. This is similar to America's income tax system. The amount of money you pay for private insurance is based on your age, weight, and physical health. That is similar to what America's health care system before Obama-care. Insurance companies would charge different people different prices based on their physical health. Everyone in Germany helps pay for each other as well. One positive to Germany's program is that if you can't afford a lot of health insurance, or any for that matter, you will still get taken care of by the state. One con is that if you make a lot of money you end up paying more to help people that may not pay at all. Americas system is now similar to Germany's health care program. The pros and cons are the same.

http://www.germanyhis.com/
   

Erich Honecker und Ostalgie

       Erich Honecker was the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1971 until the weeks preceding the fall of the wall in 1989. He was born on August 25, 1912 in Neunkirchen, Germany, and died on May 29 1994 in Santiago, Chile. During World War 2, he was a member of the German Communist party, and opposed the Nazis. After the Soviet Union occupied Germany and Berlin, he rose through the ranks of the communist politics in East Germany. He was the General Secretary until the weeks before the wall fell, and fled to Chile.
     Ostalgie, is the German term that refers to a longing for the Communist East Germany. The people under the rule of the Communists were flooded with the ideals of capitalism and money, and did not know what to do when the wall fell. Those who enjoyed and thrived under the Communist regime, missed the world they once knew, and had to see their world crumble before them. The nostalgic feeling was a huge detour in the reunification in the east.

Vladimir Lenin and Helmut Kohl

Vladimir Lenin and Helmut Kohl

Vladimir Lenin

Lenin was born in April, 1870. He was expelled from the University he attended when he was older because of his radical views. After World War 2, Russia was exhausted from the war effort. Stalin was a communist philosopher and believer in the ideas of Karl Marx. He helped reshape Russia by applying communist ideals to everyday life. He was seen as a cruel leader, and he did not believe in individual liberties. He introduced the New Economic Policy to Russia, which continued after his death. He survived an assassination attempt, but his health was never the same and eventually he suffered a stroke from which he never recovered. He died on January 24th, 1924. The statue of Lenin in Berlin was seen by Easterners as a part of their history. The statue was destroyed on November 13th, 1991, where the head was first removed from the body. It was then broken up into 129 different pieces and buried under sand. In 2009 the head was dug up and put on display in a museum.

Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl, who was the Chancellor of Germany when the Berlin Wall fell, is considered to be the architect of German unification. Many foreign countries were afraid of a strong German nation, because they had already witnessed the horror left behind after World War 2. However, Helmut wanted Germany to be part of the world again, and he wanted to prove they could remain peaceful. He also is believed to be one of the key players in ending the Cold War, before the wall fell. On October 3rd 1990, thanks to his efforts, both sides of Germany were united once again. His rule was tainted by whispers of corruption, when a serious financial scandal came to light. He was forced to resign from his position.

Gorbachev und Trabant

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader for the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev was later the first president of the Soviet Union, serving from 1990 to 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for contributing to the break-up of the USSR. Under Gorbachev is when the wall was torn down.

 

            The Trabant was a car constructed of recycled fiberglass-like Duroplast, reinforced with recycled fibers like cotton and wood. The Trabant was East Germany's answer to the VW Beetle, a "people's car,". Trabants smoked like an Iraqi oil fire, when they ran at all, and often lacked even the most basic of things, like brake lights or turn signals. Thousands of East Germans drove their Trabants over the border when the Wall fell, which made it a kind of automotive liberator.

Reunification and der Stasi

                The reunification of East and West Germany did not totally happen until July of 1990. The West Germans were mostly in charge and trying to find a middle ground for the economies. It was a complicated time because people were trying to get their land back that was stolen from them. Entrepreneurs were investing in businesses, but with the land claims, they no longer wanted to invest in too risky of businesses. The East Germans also did not have adequate facilities for most of their businesses. They had power shortages and had to rebuild the whole rail system to try and keep up with West Germany. East Germany was slow to recover because they had low production rates and few people wanted to invest in their companies. Along with the low production rates were cheaply produced goods. This made the Eastern Germans want to buy the Western goods because they knew theirs were low quality. Eventually, with all of the money that was pouring into East Germany, they were able to update their infrastructure and invest in their economy.

                The Stasi are a secret police agency that was a part of East German culture throughout the communist regime. Their job was to spy on the West Germans and to return East German political figures who fled back to East Germany. They were then executed. They also had a branch that was specifically for foreign intelligence. Throughout all of this, the Stasi still had a focus on West Germany and planned to infiltrate the government. The Stasi were feared by the people of East Germany. This was justified because the Stasi kept files on many of the population of the country. With the reunification of East and West Germany, the people were allowed to see the files that the Stasi kept on each and every one of them. They could only do this because the German government passed a law called the Stasi Records Law that prevented the Stasi from burning or shredding the files.

Works Cited

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/facts/bl_reunification_aftermath.htm

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/563751/Stasi

One of the first events that lead to the fall of the wall was the Sinatra Doctrine which allowed Eastern Bloc governments to make their own decisions to a greater extent. This event was very important because it lead to another that caused the fall; that being the opening of the Hungarian border. The opening of the Hungarian border allowed for thousands of Germans living in East Germany to flee to the west. At that point many attempts were made to stop this, but they were futile. Finally churches throughout East Germany rallied with peaceful protests that lead to replacement of the leader of East Germany with a more liberal communist. On the day that the wall fell one East German reporter was questioned when the borders were going to be opened. After being flustered over the question, the reporter answered that it was immediately. This caused hundreds of thousands to flood the walls, while all the guards at the wall had no idea what was going on. The moment was tense because the guards had been trained for their whole life to shoot to kill when anyone had tried to escape, however thankfully there was not a massacre.

Sigmund Jähn was the first German in space. Sigmund was an East German Cosmonaut. Growing up he wanted to become a printer, but became a pilot in the military. He then studied at Gagarin Military Air Academy in the Soviet Union. In 1976 Jähn was selected to train as the first cosmonaut in the Soviet Intercosmos program On Aug. 26, 1978, Jähn lifted off with Soviet cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky aboard Soyuz 31. On the space station Salyut, he conducted scientific experiments before returning to Earth on Soyuz 29 on Sept. 3, 1978. East Germany viewed Sigmund as a hero. 

1990 World Cup and November 9, 1989

            The 1990 World Cup was the second time that it was held in Italy.  It was a very big deal for the Germans due to the fact it was the last time a German team would represent a divided Germany, because the country was unified later that year.  Also the World Cup was a big deal because West Germany won the world cup.  Which would be their third World Cup Title.  Also the East German team took part in these games and that was also the last time that that team took part in the World Cup.  Both teams then got absorbed into one another to form one unified German team.

            November 9, 1989 is a day that changed European history.  By all accounts this day wasn’t supposed to be a big day in history but thanks to an unprepared spokesperson by the name of Guenter Schabowski, this day made history books.  On this day Guenter Schabowski was giving a press conference when all of a sudden an Italian reporter asked when the new legislation would be passed to allow citizens free travel between the East and West.  He is reported to have said, “"As far as I know, that goes into effect now, immediately."  This statement opened up the floodgates to the city and thousands of citizens rushed to the border to get the West side.  The unprepared guards made repeated calls to their superiors to find out what they should do.  The guards held off the people for three hours before letting them go through the wall.  This little blunder in a press conference was all the people needed to rush the borders and take one step closer to becoming reunified.

Source:http://www.dw.de/november-9-1989-the-day-that-changed-european-history/a-4867139-1

Free German Youth and Travel & Emigration for East Germans

            Free German Youth was the offical socialist youth movement of the German 

Democrate Republic. It was meant for young males and females between the age of 

14-25, and it was compromised about 75% of the youth population in East Germany. 

The function of this group was to offer reliable assistant and fighting to reserve 

the Socialist Unity Party. They wanted to influence every aspect of life of young 

people and promote of communism behaivor. Although, the Free German Youth was 

techincally voluntary there were consequences for not being a member. If you 

weren't a member you didn't have access to organized holidays, plus your

 chance of getting into a university dramatically decreased if not completely

disappeared. Generally the only reason for people not joining is because of religious

reasons.

          The Soviet Union applied two laws regarding travel in East Germany. The first

stated: it is illegal to travel without a passport, if caught you could spend 1-3 years in

prison. The second stated: illegal defection to a non eastern bloc state and refusal to

return home was considered treason against the state. Due to these laws East

Germany had heavy border controls. The justification for these emigration

restrictions were that they were an "educational tax". During this time there was a

massive brain drain, where a majority of their professionals were leaving the East to

live in the West. In 1957 the new laws were meant to reduce overall refuges but it

actually increased the people leaving through West Berlin. If you wanted to leave

East Germany you techincally could but it was an extremely long process with little

success. You had to get numerous approvals and your request could be denied

without appeal. This continued until 1989 when surrounding countries opened their

borders for emigrants, this accelerated the demise of the East German Government.

On November 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall fell.

The building of the Berlin Wall and The Role of Hungary in the Fall of the Wall

The Building of the Berlin Wall

The Berlin wall was up for a total of 28 years. It was created on the night of August 12-13, 1961. Overnight, German soldiers laid down barbed wire in between the western and eastern halves, separating one country, basically, into two. The Soviets could not take the amount of people fleeing Eastern Berlin. Skilled professions were leaving Eastern Germany to have better lives in the West, causing Eastern Germany to decline even further as its people’s satisfaction and economy went down the tubes. Around 2000 people were leaving East Berlin per day. So, Khruschev closed access between East and West Germany, starving his people, was defeated by the West’s perseverance, but he built the wall anyways. From barbed wire to 15 feet high guarded walls, the separation extended 28 miles through Berlin and 75 miles around Berlin.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-wall-built

The Role of Hungary in the fall of the Wall

                Once Hungary dropped its borders, people quickly moved through Hungary down through to West Berlin. Thousands of people fled the East everyday now that they were free to travel through Hungary. This border had never been opened until now. People began to protest more and more, encouraging this movement for change in the East. Eventually, the Eastern soldiers allowed the massive movement to surge trough, reunifying Germany.

http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/berlin-wall5.htm

Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik & Reichsmark V.S. Deutschmark

              Aaron Hodges

Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik & Reichsmark V.S. Deutschmark

            Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik was known as East Germany then was one of 4 sectors that Germany was split into after WW2.  Soviets controlled this portion of Germany.  The German Democratic Republic was established in the Soviet Zone, while the Federal Republic was established in the three western zones.   Soviet authorities administered responsibility to German communist leaders in 1948, and the GDR began to function as a state on 7 October 1949.   Soviet forces remained in the area for the remainder of the cold war because fear of U.S. Military presence.   The Stasi secret police force was established to “defend the state” against political enemies and was helped by the Soviet Army to suppress an uprising that was against Stalin in 1953.   The economy was state owned, East Germanys population declined by more then two million people.  This acts as a great indicator at how happy the citizens were with their new government.   The population decline caused East Germany to build a wall to physically keep people from emigrating to West Germany which was much more prosperous.   In 1989, a peaceful revolution in the GDR led to the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the general reunification of Germany although that two was a long process. 

         Reichsmark was a currency in Germany from 1924 to 1948.  After World War 2 the reichsmark continued to circulate in Germany, but with other currencies and lack of structure rendered it nearly worthless.   The Reichsmark was replaced in June 1948 by the Deutsch Markin the trizone(East Germany).   Later in the same year East Germany put the East German mark to use. 

Refrences -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsmark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany

https://history.state.gov/countries/german-democratic-republic

"Good bye Lenin" Cultural References

WORLD CLOCK IN BERLIN

The world clock in Berlin is somewhat of a cultural icon in Germany and a landmark that nearly everyone is familiar with.  The clock is located in Alexanderlplatz which is a big open public square and transport hub in Central Berlin.  The park square is often referred to as “Alex”.  The square began as a cattle market outside the city walls.  It was named after the Russian Emperor Alexander I when he visited Berlin in 1805.  The world clock was built in 1969 as part of the squares redevelopment.  The clock is cylindrical in shape and revolves in circles, displaying the worlds 24 time zones with major cities in each time zone listed beneath.  There is also a moving circular map of the world with light projected onto it, showing which part of the world is in daylight.  On top of the entire structure is a model of the solar system that rotates once per minute.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexanderplatz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_clock

http://berlin.barwick.de/sights/local/world-time-clock-weltzeituhr.html

SANDMANNCHEN           

Sandmannchen was a children’s bedtime television program that began airing while Germany was still divided.  There were two versions of the show, a West and East version.  The Original idea actually originated from Ilse Obrig of the West Berlin TV and radio station SFB.  The first episode was shown in the West on December 1, 1959 and was called “Sandmannchen’s Greeting to Children”.  Only three weeks later, East Ferman TV DFF began broadcasting their own show with a character that happened to be called Sandmannchen.  The Eastern show was about everyday life, adventure, and tavel and often included futuristic flying machines.  After the wall fell the show was taken over by the corporate Western TV companies, much to the disappointment of former GDR citizens.  Production of the show ceased altogether in 1991 after the unification of Germany.  However, episodes of the much loved Easern show still run every night on TV.  Sandmannchen has become a very popular German pop culture icon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandm%C3%A4nnchen

Zug Fahren

1. Wann kann man aus                             18:06 Uhr                   18:27 Uhr                       19:06 Uhr

 Hamburg abfahren?

Geben Sie drei Möglichkeiten.

2. Was ist das Datum?                             Fr, 21.03.14                Fr, 21.03.14                   Fr, 21.03.14

3. Wie oft muss man umsteigen?                   0                         0                           0

Wo steigt man um? Was ist die

    Umsteigezeit?

4. wie lange dauert die Zugfahrt?               1:42 Uhr             02:08                                01:42

5. Von welchem Gleis fährt man ab?              3                     3                              4

6. Was kostet die Fahrkarte?                        78 eu               78 eu                       78eu

7. Wann kommt man in Berlin an?             19:48              20:35 Uhr                20:48 Uhr

8. Mit welchem Zug fährt                               ICE               ICE                        ICE

man auf diese Reise?

Reisen mid dem Zug

Mann kann aus Hamburg am          abfahren. (8:16/ 8:20/ 9:24)

Das Datum ist         . (21.03.14/ 22.03.14/ 23.03.14)

Mann musst         umsteigen. (kein/ kein/ kein)

Der Zugfahrt ist         . (1:41/ 2:05/ 1:37)

Mann fahrt an Gleis          ab. (7/ 5/ 8)

Die Fahrekarte kostet          euro. (78,00/ 64,00/ 78,00)

Mann kommt in Berlin am         . (9:57/ 10:25/ 11:01)

Mann fahrt mit          Zug. (ICE/ IC/ ICE)

Zug Fahren

Mann kann aus Hamburg am 9:06, 00:31,und 10:51 abfahren.
Das Datum ist 20.03.14
Mann musst kein umsteigen.
Der Zugfahrt ist 1:42
Man fahrt an Gleis 3 ab.
Die Fahrekarte kostet 78 euro.
Mann kommt in Berlin 11:43
Mann fahrt mit ICE Zug.

1. Mann kann aus Hamburg abfahren: 3:31, 6:19, und  21:21 uhr.
2.  Das Datum ist: 19.03.14, 22.03.14, und 26.03.14
3. Wie oft muss man umsteigen? Wo steigt man um? Was ist die
    Umsteigezeit?
- Einmal. Man steigt in Hannover um. Die Umsteigezeit ist 21 minuten.
-Kein umsteigen.
-Kein umsteigen.
4. Die Zugfahrt war 4 studen, 2.5 studen, und 2 stude.
5.Von welchem Gleis fährt man ab? 13, 8, 8.
6. Die Fahrkarte kostet 105,00, 39,00, und 45,00
7. Mann kommt in Berlin an 7:35, 8:48, und 23:15
8. Mit welchem Zug fährt man auf diese Reise? 2 Klasse, 1 Klasse, und 2 Klasse.

Reisen mit dem Zug

Wann kann man aus Hamburg abfahren? Geben Sie drei Möglichkeiten.	9:06	10:00	10:51
Was ist das Datum?	20.03.14	20.03.14	20.03.14
Wie oft muss man umsteigen? Wo steigt man um? Was ist die Umsteigezeit?	Nein	Nein	Nein
Wie lange dauert die Zugfahrt?	1:42	1:43	1:43
Von welchem Gleis fährt man ab?	0	0	0
Was kostet die Fahrkarte?	78,00	78,00	78,00
Wann kommt man in Berlin an?	10:48	11:43	12:34
Mit welchem Zug fährt man auf diese Reise?	ICE	ICE	ICE

Zug Fahren

1. Mann kann aus Hamburg am 21:21, 00:31,und 03:31 abfahren.
2. Das Datum ist 25.03.14
3. Mann musst kein umsteigen.
4. Der Zugfahrt ist 1:54
5. Man fahrt an Gleis 3 ab.
6. Die Fahrekarte kostet 39,00 Euro.
7. Mann kommt in Berlin 23:15 an.
8. Mann fahrt mit ICE Zug.

Reisen mit dem Zug

Wann kann man aus Hamburg abfahren? Geben Sie drei Möglichkeiten.	16:30	16:06	17:06
Was ist das Datum	19.03.14	19.03.14	19.03.14
Wie oft muss man umsteigen? Wo steigt man um? Was ist die     Umsteigezeit	Büchenberg     16:56   Ludwiglust      17:22 Wittenberg      17:42	Berlin-Spandau  17:39	Ludwiglust 17:49
wie lange dauert die Zugfahrt	2:06	1:42	1:43
Von welchem Gleis fährt man ab	7	8	5
Was kostet die Fahrkarte	64.00 EUR	78.00 EUR	78.00 EUR
Wann kommt man in Berlin an	18:36	17:48	18:49
Mit welchem Zug fährt man auf diese Reise	IC 2071	ICE 901	ICE 1717

Reisen mit dem Zug

Wann kann man aus Hamburg abfahren?	19:06	20:01	21:21
Was ist das Datum?	18.03.14	18.03.14	18.03.14
Wie oft muss man umsteigen? Wo steigt man um? Was ist die     Umsteigezeit?	Berlin-Spandau ist nur umsteigen bei 20:39	Ludwig Lust ist bei 20:46. Berlin-Spandau ist bei 21:39.	Ludwig Lust ist bei 22:04. Wittenberg ist bei 22:22.
wie lange dauert die Zugfahrt?	1.42	1.48	1.54
Von welchem Gleis fährt man ab?	8	5	8
Was kostet die Fahrkarte?	78.00 EUR	78.00 EUR	78.00 EUR
Wann kommt man in Berlin an?	20:48	21:49	23:15
Mit welchem Zug fährt man auf diese Reise?	ICE 893	ICE 1723	ICE 905

Rotkappchen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ovGwpDXCWk&list=UUddhsZL0FaAhSF0a2M0sLFA

Rotkappchen

http://youtu.be/YMa7pnvJViw

by John M.  Aaron H.   Jessica R.

Fairy Tale Blog

   The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were born in Germany in 1785 and 1786 respectively.  They both attended the University of Marburg and there they took an interest in folklore.  It was about this time that they began collecting and writing down folk stories.  There first publication in 1812 contained 86 tales and over the course of 46 years it grew to hold 211.  Some of the most famous tales they published include "Snow White", "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel", "Cinderella", and "sleeping Beauty", just to name a few.  When the stories were originally published they were not meant for children.  Rather, they were scholarly collections of literature meant for study.  However, because the first edition was titled "Children's and Household Tales", parents were reading them to their children.  They received much criticism for being too dark and harsh.  Over the years, the tales have changed noteably, especially as they made their way overseas and into the hands of Disney.  The most glaring change is a reduction in violence or less garphic terminology.  For example, in the original "Rapunzel", she is visited in secret by a prince.  Repunzel blows the secret by asking the evil witch why her dress doesn't fit anymore around her belly. This was because she was pregnant.  This aspect of the story dissapeared in later version.  A big reason for these changes was the stories weren't "christian" enough.  In later versions of "Little Red Riding Hood", she has a Bible on her bedside that did not exist in earlier editions.  Also, in "Snow White", the original ending in which the Evil Queen is invited to Snow White and Prince Charming's wedding and is forced to step into hot iron shoes and dance until she dies, is left out.  I think this shows us that American culture is a lot more sensitive than German culture especially when it comes too childrens' entertainment.
   The story i read was "The Six Swans".  In the story, a King is lost in the woods.  A witch shows him the way out after the King promises to marry her daughter.  Something about her makes the King uneasy so he hides his 6 sons and 1 daughter that came from his first wife in castle that is impossible to find.  The Queen grows suspicious and discovers the secret ball of yarn that leads the King to the castle.  When the Quenn find the castle, she turns the 6 sons into swans.  The daughter escapes and searches for her brothers.  They are human for 15 minutes a day and they tell her that she must remain silent for 6 years and her brothers will be turned back to humans.  During this time, she is taken as wife by a King, but she refuses to speak.  The King's evil mother accuses here of eating the King's children and he orders his wife to be burnt at the stake.  The day of her death was 6 years of her not speaking and her brothers fly in as swans to rescue her and are changed back to humans and the evil mother is burnt at the stake.  The moral of the story is that siblings' love is very strong and they should always be there for each other.  This fairy tale does not seem to have any that are similar to it in America.
   Acording to Merriam-Webster, a fairy tale is a children's story taht involves fantastic forces and beings.  I think this is accurate but i would add that most fairy tales have a moral to the story or a point they are trying to teach.  Numbers are also very important, as things tend to happen in threes.  Most fairy tales involve some sort of evil force that is combated by good.  Good usually wins out and evil is usually punished and most of Grimm's fairy tales make it very clear that all punishments are just and deserved.
 

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2012/1220/Brothers-Grimm-saved-classic-fairy-tales-by-changing-them-forever

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm

http://the-artifice.com/fairy-tales-how-they-have-changed-over-time/

http://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/the_six_swans

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairy+tale