Author: Kaelen Schwartz

  • The Decline of German in Wisconsin

    Back in the days of old, German was the “High Standard” language in many areas; the Arts (musicals, operas, plays), Sciences (chemistry, physics, and most published works), and was one of the most widely spoken languages in Europe. When settlers came from Europe, especially in the late 1790s and throughout the 1800s, the German language…