The Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut
Tübingen is a cultural institution, formerly known as the Amerika-Haus (America House).
History
The first
German-American Institutes
German Americans (german: Deutschamerikaner, ) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 43 million in 2019, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the Unite ...
or ''
Amerikahäuser'' in
Germany were founded in 1946, one year after the end of the
Second World War. At first, they were called "U.S. Information Centers" and were basically free libraries with both American and German books and magazines, before they extended their activities to exhibitions and "lecture discussions" and until 1956 partially also served the rural areas with
so-called "bookmobiles". The information centers were under the supervision of the US Army's
Information Control Division, that was responsible for the "re-democratization-programs". The Information Control Division, essentially, evolved out of the
Psychological Warfare Division.
The Tuebingen house was created on June 20, 1952 and is thus a little older than the new Southwestern state of
Baden-Württemberg. At that time, 44 of such houses existed in Germany. Fifty years later, in 2002, there were only 12 left.
See also
*
Amerika Haus
External links
*http://dai-tuebingen.de
*http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,496731,00.html
Libraries in Tübingen
Education in Tübingen
Culture of Baden-Württemberg
Tubingen
Buildings and structures in Tübingen
Organisations based in Tübingen
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