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Germans in Omaha immigrated to the city in Nebraska from its earliest days of founding in 1854, in the years after the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. They continued to immigrate to Omaha in large numbers later in the 19th century, when many came from Bavaria and southern Germany. Germans created and maintained a high cultural, social and political profile locally and nationally through the 1930s. In 1890, Germans comprised 23% of Omaha's population.〔Larsen, L.H., Cottrell, B.J. and Dalstrom, H.A. (2007) ''Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs.'' University of Nebraska Press. p 122.〕 By 1910, 57.4% of Omaha's total population of more than 124,000 were of German descent.〔Luebke, F.C. (1999) ''Germans in the New World: Essays in the History of Immigration.'' University of Illinois Press. p 27.〕 By 1930 immigration from Germany had virtually ceased. Although Germans comprised the second most numerous group of foreign-born nationals after Czechs, those foreign-born immigrants totaled less than one percent of the total population of the city.〔Larsen, L.H., Cottrell, B.J. and Dalstrom, H.A. (2007) ''Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs.'' University of Nebraska Press. p 157.〕 German immigrants and German Americans in Omaha had a high rate of literacy. The mostly working class population supported numerous German-language newspapers that had national as well as local distribution in the early 20th century. Germans built and operated several successful breweries in the city, bringing good beer and beer-making skills to the upper Midwest. The German model of public education was established in states throughout the Midwest, which were quickly training teachers in normal schools to expand education in new villages. Valentin J. Peter, editor of the German-language ''Omaha Tribune'', was chiefly responsible for the formation and leadership of the National German-American Alliance. This coalition was influential in representing and leading the German-American electorate across the United States between 1912 and 1940. During the early years of World War I, Peter was supportive of Germany and urged German-Americans to be so, too. He changed his position before the US entered the war on the side of Great Britain and France, and supported the Allies.〔Luebke, F.C. (1999) ''Germans in the New World: Essays in the History of Immigration.'' University of Illinois Press. p 17.〕 ==History== The first German in the Omaha area arrived more than 20 years before the city was founded. Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied toured the Missouri River in 1832, and recorded a stay at Cabanne's Trading Post in present-day North Omaha.〔Hunt, D.C., Orr, W.J. and Goetzmann, W.H. (eds) (1984) ''Karl Bodmer's America.'' Joslyn Art Museum. p 8.〕 After arriving in Omaha ''en masse'' beginning in the 1860s, Germans in Omaha built their own churches. At church and in their businesses, including grocery stores and farm supply shops, they conducted daily life in German for years. Many young German immigrants from Omaha served in the Nebraska battalion during the Civil War,〔Scherneckau, A. (2007) ''Marching with the First Nebraska: A Civil War Diary.'' University of Oklahoma Press.〕 as well as later serving throughout the country. One early German settler in Omaha was Vincent Burkley. (He anglicized his name). After working as a grocer and farm laborer for three years starting in 1854, he opened his own printing company. He was almost immediately successful.〔Larsen, L.H., Cottrell, B.J. and Dalstrom, H.A. (2007) ''Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs.'' University of Nebraska Press. p 76.〕 Burkley was a member of the Omaha City Council for several years,〔(1888) ("History of Douglas County." ) ''Andreas' History of Nebraska.'' p 8. Retrieved 9/3/07.〕 as well as the Omaha Board of Education.〔(1888) ("History of Douglas County." ) ''Andreas' History of Nebraska.'' p 17. Retrieved 9/3/07.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Germans in Omaha, Nebraska」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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