The Great Disappearing Act: Germans in New York City

In 1880, New York City was the third largest German-speaking city in the world, with half of its 1.2 million residents German-born and their American-born children. These immigrants clustered in Kleindeutschland (Little Germany), now called the Lower East Side.

Historian Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson will discuss her book, The Great Disappearing Act: Germans in New York City, 1880-1930, which analyzes the assimilation of one of New York City’s largest immigrant communities in the early 20th century.