Favorite Celebrations ~ Germany

Watercolor portrait of Heinrich Heine with a gentle, thoughtful gaze From concert halls to laboratories, from crowded city squares to quiet study rooms, Germany has given the world music, ideas, and discoveries that echo across time. These Daily Celebrations gather actors, philosophers, scientists, writers, leaders, and artists whose lives are connected to Germany and whose work continues to inspire the world.

As poet Heinrich Heine observed, When words leave off, music begins. This page offers a place to begin exploring those voices and stories.

ACTORS / ACTRESSES
Marlene Dietrich
Bruce Willis


ARTISTS
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Frideric Handel
Hummel

ATHLETES
Steffi Graf


LEADERS
Konrad Adenauer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Martin Luther


PHILOSOPHERS
Bertolt Brecht
Immanuel Kant
Friedrich W. Nietzsche
Albert Schweitzer


SCIENTISTS
Albert Einstein
Werner Heisenberg
Alexander von Humboldt
Johannes Kepler
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

WRITERS
Hannah Arendt
William J.H. Boetcker
Bertolt Brecht
Anne Frank
Erich Fromm
Johann von Goethe
Heinrich Heine
Hermann Hesse
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Thomas Mann
Novalis
Rainer Maria Rilke
Samuel Ullman
Ruth Westheimer


MORE PLACES
Canada
China
France
India

Italy
Japan
United Kingdom

The WORLD

“We Germans are a fine and ancient people, you know. Very diligent, smart, efficient. But we love life. We sing, we hike, we write great music and poetry.” ~ John Jakes, Homeland, p.43