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Heimat & Home An American family in the Pfalz

Bureaucracy Travel Events Heimat About

Heimat & Home An American family in the Pfalz

Bureaucracy Travel Events Heimat About

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Europa-Denkmal Sankt Germanshof Day Trip: 1950 Border Crossing Monument

A sunrise stop at the Europa-Denkmal in Sankt Germanshof, where 300 students from nine countries staged the first symbolic border crossing of post-war Europe on 6 August 1950.

May 17, 2026

Heimat & Home

An American family’s notes from the Pfalz: bureaucracy, travel, history, and home life in Kaiserslautern. Writing since 2018.

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