University Place

Wisconsin's German-Language Newspapers

Special | 34m 16s

Randi Ramsden, Coordinator of the National Digital Newspaper Program at the Wisconsin Historical Society, discusses the influx of German immigrants to Wisconsin and the German-language newspapers which provided news and information from the mid 1800s until World War I.

Aired: 08/07/18 | Rating: TV-G

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