HANNA GESINE BORMANN LOVED ENTERTAINING HER GERMAN FRIENDS
Hanna Gesine Bormann, 78, died Wednesday at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta.She was born and raised in Germany. On March 15, 1941, she married Friedrich Bormann. In 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Bormann immigrated to the United States. They lived in New York from 1955 to 1959 and then moved to New Jersey, where they lived from 1959 until 1979. They moved to Jefferson in 1979.Mrs. Bormann enjoyed spending time with her German friends, entertaining, laughing and dancing.A son, Manfred...
German Friends: Irish Independent: Kidnap victim 'still alive'
AN Irishman kidnapped with two German friends in Iran nearly two weeks ago is probably still alive, authorities said.Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said yesterday armed forces were searching the Sistan-Baluchestan province for two Germans and Irishman Aidan JamesLeahy, who were kidnapped on December 2 near the provincial capital, Zahedan -allegedly by bandits or drug runners. "Based on early information, it seems they areunharmed," he said, adding Iran...
German Friends: Subdued Tone at German History's Gate
BERLIN - It is 10:30 p.m. With German friends, we've parked as close to the Reichstag as we can. We walk the rest of the way through the cool autumn night. Earlier in the evening, my wife and I had been their guests at the Cecilienhof in Potsdam, eating in the same room where Truman, Churchill, and Stalin had dined during the Potsdam Conference in July 1945. Potsdam lies only ten minutes away from some of Berlin's poshest areas, but it has also been East Germany...
German Friends: The Hindu:
Culture and the German link
WHAT CAN be more inspiring than Indian and German friends coming together to celebrate Indian classical dance? The event, a performance by the Nrityagram Ensemble, is set to happen on April 3.The organisers are the Indo-German Cultural Society (IGCS), the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), and the Max Mueller Bhavan (MMB), Bangalore. Deepali Pal, the regional director of the ICCR, says the programme exemplifies what the three institutes stand for."The IGCS was...
German Friends: Hot campaign issue in Germany: working moms
Maria-Louisa di Biagio still remembers the sting of disapproval from her German friends when she returned to work after the birth of her son."I felt like a terrible mom who gave up her children to strangers," says Ms. di Biagio, now a mother of two and executive assistant to the director of the European Central Bank.For generations, Germany has largely taken it for granted that a mother's place is in the home. But the hausfrau model of marriage...