Реферат: Germany Essay Research Paper American StudiesDecember 10

United States Heinz first experienced American food. It didn t agree with him or the rest

of his family very well until they adjusted to it. One of the main differences between the

foods is the meat. There are many different kinds of meats in the United States , whereas

in Germany the variety isn t as diverse.

Schooling is yet another difference between the United States and Germany. In

Germany and Poland it was mandatory to have eight years of school. This eight years was

usually from the age of six until the age of fourteen. At fourteen most males began

working as an apprentice to a skilled worker or factory. The apprenticeship lasted four

years. The first year the apprentice would earn twenty five dollars a week, the second

he d earn fifty-five dollars a week, the third year would be seventy five, and the fourth

year the apprentices work would be reviewed to see how much he should earn.

In the years between nineteen thirty-seven and nineteen forty-seven Heinz and his

mother and brothers lived in Poland. While living in Poland with their German mother

during the war their father was working in a German concentration camp. Their father

was German-Jew who was only spared from death because of his working ability. Heinz

and his brothers weren t taken to a camp because they were only half German-Jews and

they were under the age of seventeen when their father was taken. In nineteen forty-seven

their father managed to escape the camp while it was being bombed and people were in a

panic.

Heinz and his older brother immigrated in February, his other brothers and

parents came over in May of the same year. The transport took seven days, before

arriving at a New York port. They did not have to go to Ellis Island or an immigrant

checkpoint in New York. From New York they were transported to Boston where they

were given the apartments. They lived among many other immigrants, many of whom

were Polish and had come over on the ship with them. Heinz has said the war didn t

influence their immigration because it had already come to an end when they left.

Of course there were setbacks as well as high points. The Ginsberg family did not

know a word of English when they first arrived. They spoke only German and some

Polish. In January of nineteen fifty three Heinz was drafted into the army. While in the