Show germanic people find new homes on foreign soils world community influences ClI customs of other nations arc prepared ared by national Nailon ol geo socie society ty washington v ash 1 agton D C sen lee ice who and where are the members of the german world community frequently referred to in the german press it if by german one means german speaking of german parentage or near descent the worlds total population under this classification fi would be roughly between SO do and million people within the political boundaries of germany according to official figures are some 79 inhabitants not counting the citizens of memel also largely germanic and those of the former czecho an provinces of mo ravia bohemia a almost entirely non germanic in other european countries the reich dr heinrich Dein rich claims blood kinship bruening with so called german minorities of france poland rumania hungary yugoslavia g italy latvia denmark lithuania estonia belgium the crimean soviet republic german speaking inhabitants of these lands are estimated anywhere from a million and a half in france to about in estonia russian settlement yet the inhabitants of these countries developing outside germany have evolved a culture and tradition of their own different from that of their racial cousins such for example is the german gro group up settled along the middle volga river of soviet russia and comprising more than half the population e of the autonomous volga german BI arlene republic another dietrich nearer to the reich is the independent little principality of liechtenstein which is so with its ruler and the count rys present economic ties with switzerland that some 95 per cent of its 2600 voters went on record this year in a public declaration against any economic economic union with germany of foreign s stock t ock in the united states the germans are by far the predominant ele 4 ment amounting to more byg than 17 per cent of the total foreign population there are over 61 ali million people of german stock in the U united ted states 1 including n those born in germany an and d those of german parentage on one or lottie both sides lehman new york state leads the union in the number of german stock inhabitants with more than a million among germans who have made the united states their permanent home are outstanding figures in all phases of national life in government there is dr heinrich bruening former chancellor of the german republic now teaching at harvard university in the arts lottie lehman famed wagnerian soprano has taken out her final citizenship papers marlene dietrich german born movie star has also become a united states citizen in latin america where the swastika competes for front line trade position against the stars and stripes and the union jack there are roughly people of ge german r in 11 blood |