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GERMANYMuseums
Deutsches Museum (one of the biggest museums of science and technology in the world)
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (art museum, in German only)
German Historical Museum (in English or many other languages)
Sites to See
A Tour of the Castles of Germany
City Guide Berlin (information on sights and the city, written by Berliners, in German, English, French, or Russian)
Famous People
Johann Sebastian Bach (biography and index of works)
Ludwig van Beethoven (thorough biography and links)
Albert Einstein (biography and links to theories)
Anne Frank House (excerpts from her diary, pictures of the secret annex and more, in English, German, or Dutch)
Goethe Central (biography, poems, and more)
The Nietzsche Page (biography, links, and teaching resources)
Exploring 20th Century Germany (a NY Times online lesson plan)
History
50 Years of German History through Caricatures (in German)
Personal Account of the Fall of the Berlin Wall (with links to many more pages on the wall)
The Berlin Wall (History, Photographs, Commemoration, in English or German)
Early Germanic States (primary documents)
The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students (by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas
The Trial of Adolph Eichmann (PBS online teaching module)
Cuisine
Gabi's Kueche (recipes of German home-cooking)
German Recipes (over 200)
Miscellaneous Cultural Resources
German Customs, Traditions, Origins of Holidays
The Internet Yodel Course (with sound files)