German Consulate New York

Welcome to the website of the German Consulate General in New York. Here you will find information on Germany, the consular services we provide and German-related news and events in the Tri-State-Area. We offer a wide spectrum of information, including travel, study, doing business in Germany, German newspapers and broadcasts as well as our Event Calendar. Our German language website features information and news relevant to German citizens.

The Consulate General’s area of jurisdiction covers Bermuda, Connecticut (Fairfield County), New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Concert "Remembrance and Beyond"

Jan 28, 2010 | Germany.info
Concert "Remembrance and Beyond"

The Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir and the Zamirchor Bayreuth gave a musical tribute to Holocaust survivors on January 28th, under the title “Remembrance and Beyond”. The special concert of German-Jewish cooperation took place at the Park East Synagogue in New York City, on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Consulates General of Germany and Israel in New York cosponsored this event.

A Celebration of Service at the 2010 "Tikkun Olam" Dinner

Jan 18, 2010 | Germany.info
Members of the Calvary Baptist Church perform before the guests of the German American Jewish Exchange Program Tikkun Olam Dinner guests.

Supporters of the Student Exchange between German and American Jewish students gathered at the German House for a ceremony on January 18, 2010, to celebrate the program’s continued success and to honor this year’s recipient of the Tikkun Olam Award. The fundraising event benefits the exchange program, which was created in 2002. The award is presented to an individual whose consistent support of the program and work reflect the values of Tikkun Olam, meaning "to repair the world."  

Consul General Freitag Welcomes New Partner School UNIS to the PASCH Program

Jan 14, 2010 | Germany.info
Consul General Dr. Horst Freitag together with German teachers Anne Dahl and Dagmar Kappel and students of the United Nations International School

Consul General Dr. Horst Freitag visited the United Nations International School in Manhattan on January 14 wich joined the PASCH (Partners for the Future) program. 

German Film "Saviors in the Night" Opens New York Jewish Film Festival

Jan 12, 2010 | Germany.info
Holocaust survivor Marga Spiegel and Horst Freitag, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, at the 19th New York Jewish Film Festival

German Holocaust survivor Marga Spiegel and film cast present film at Lincoln Center on Festival’s first night

Atlantik-Brücke - Youth For Understanding

Dec 16, 2009 | Germany.info

The upholding of an open and ever-improving transatlantic relationship between the United States and Germany vested in the nations’ youth was the theme of the Wednesday, December 16 gala event at the Metropolitan Club in New York, hosted by the German foundation Youth for Understanding. The Foundation, a partner organization of the transatlantic association Atlantik-Brücke e.V. (Atlantic Bridge) chaired by Dr. Beate Lindemann and Dr. Walther Leisler Kiep, gathered its alumni of the Youth for Understanding Exchange program for the fundraising event “Enchanted Holiday Evening.”  

New York

At night the Empire State Building is illuminated in the colors black, red and gold.

Job offer (German only)

Das Generalkonsulat sucht zu Mitte April 2010 eine Mitarbeiterin/einen Mitarbeiter (halbtags - 20 Wochenstunden) für das Rechts- und Konsularreferaat.

NYConsulate Events of the Month

Exhibition "Berlin at the Wall" by G. L. Gabriel, Feb 27 - Apr 22, German House
Berlin at the Wall

Exhibition "Contemporary Art: The New York Experience," Mar 23 - Apr 13, Agora Gallery
The New York Experience

The Consul General

Portrait of Dr. Horst Freitag

Dr. Horst Freitag

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