Outreach Activities & Campaigns
As the Embassy's center of expertise for public diplomacy, the German Information Center USA reaches out directly to American citizens by sponsoring and organizing special events tailored to specific target audiences, such as teachers and students of German. Read about our campaigns and events below to learn how you can get involved.
The German Embassy is honoring German language teachers and their students at high schools and colleges across America. During the 2011 do Deutsch Campus Weeks, German departments at more than 40 universities are partnering with the Embassy to promote German as a foreign language.
do Deutsch
Germans and Americans can be a powerful motor for cooperation on climate and energy policies. The aim of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge is to help Americans and Germans exchange know-how and to pave the way for joint solutions.
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
The fifth annual EU Open House was held on Saturday, May 7, from 10 am to 4pm at the German Embassy and other EU embassies across Washington.
EU Open House 2011
On October 3, 2010 Germany celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Germany's reunification. Germany.info looks back not just at the happy moment of Germany's reunification on October 3, 1990, but also at 20 years of growing together.
German Unity
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of a new era in history. It was the end of the cold war, the beginning of a fully united Europe and proof that peaceful change is possible, even in the moments when it seems most unlikely.
Freedom Without Walls
The years 2008 and 2009 mark the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. Read more about how the heroic efforts of the United States and her Allies saved more than 2 million men, women and children in Berlin.
Berlin Airlift
