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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Gaard, Charlene//Gaard, Tom |
| Title, Analytic | 'They Were Going to Tar and Feather the German Preacher' -- German-Americans on the Home Front during World War I |
| Journal Title | Germanic Genealogy Journal |
| Date of Publication | Spring 2008 |
| Volume ID | 11 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 5-11, ill. |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 1548-3150 |
| Abstract | Provides the results of the author's research concerning a story that "concerned my uncle, Leo Goeke, who was killed in World War I. When his body was brought back home to Baxter, Iowa, a terrific controversy arose over whether the funeral service would be in German or English. My grandfather, Charles Goeke, pulled the family out of the German church, and the service was held in English at the family farm. Later, a mob descended on the home of the German pastor [Rev. Paul Traeger], intending to tar and feather him." |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | World War, 1914-1918 -- German Americans/ 20th century/ United States/ Anti-German sentiment/ German Americans -- Iowa/ Language, German |