German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA

The German - American Heritage Foundation of the USA dedicated to the history and culture of Americans of German descent in the United States of America. It has its headquarters in Washington. In 2006, she left the United German - American Committee produced ( the United German -American Committee), which was founded in 1977.

Target, which was founded by Dr. Hans R. Haug 1977 organization is to bring the history of German-speaking communities in the U.S. and the cultural tradition of the emigrants in the national interest. The " German - American Heritage Center" wants all Americans of German descent - according to the Organization itself 60 million people - to encourage, track their European roots. The Centre aims to document the full diversity of German - American history and their achievements, art and culture and is intended to be a forum for open discussion.

According to the company, the organization has 18,000 members, almost all of them are recruited from the United States around the world.

Objectives

• Raising awareness of the German roots.
• Support of efforts to cooperation between German - Americans and their organizations.
• Active promotion of the German language and German culture.
• Promotion of relations between the United States and Germany.