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Support for Air Crash Victims: Cross of the Order of Merit for Hans Ephraimson-Abt

Hans Ephraimson-Abt was honored for his extraordinary life’s work of supporting families of air crash victims. On behalf of President Joachim Gauck, Consul General Busso von Alvensleben presented the ...

Hans Ephraimson-Abt

Commissioner Marjorie Tiven Visits Global Partners Junior Schools in the U.S. and Germany

Marjorie B. Tiven, the Commissioner of the New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol, paid a visit to the Johann Gottfried Herder High School in Berlin on June 3rd, ...

Marjorie Tiven

Elixir of Life: David Friedman’s Recovered Art on Display

In memory of the Jewish artist and Holocaust survivor David Friedman(n), the artist’s daughter, Miriam Friedman Morris, organized an exhibition of his works called Painting to Survive: The Work of David Friedman at the German Consulate General on June 6, 2013. Many of Friedman’s works were lost, looted or destroyed during World War II. Ms. Morris has dedicated her life to recovering her father’s artistic legacy and making it available to the public together with her father’s Holocaust art series, Because they Were Jews!

David Friedman

Information Tour: Honorary Consuls in Germany

Thirty-five German Honorary Consuls in the USA, Canada and Bermuda took time out of their busy schedules to get an up-to-date and first-hand impression of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Berlin.

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Anna Rabinova, Kim Laskowski, and Leon Livshin Perform a Chamber Recital at the German House

New York Philharmonic members Anna Rabinova, Kim Laskoswki, and their guest, Leon Livshin performed a concert of seldom-heard chamber music at the German House on June 4th. Violinist Anna Rabinova particularly captured the audience’s attention with an impressive rendition of Brahms’ sumptuous Sonata no. 2, while bassoonist Kim Laskowski shone in chamber pieces by Couperin and Paganini. Pianist Leon Livshin offered skillful and sensitive accompaniment throughout the night.

Anna Rabinova

Order of Merit of Bavaria for Actress Barbara Sukowa

German actress and Hannah Arendt star Barbara Sukowa was awarded the Order of Merit of Bavaria, presented to her by the German Consul General Busso von Alvensleben in New York on May 28, 2013. Though Ms. Sukowa is known throughout the world, she has always worked closely with Bavarian writers, directors, and productions, winning numerous awards for her film and stage work throughout her career.

Barbara Sukowa

Wagner Society of New York Presents Wagner Bicentennial Concert at the German House

The German Consulate General hosted a concert featuring pianist Philip Edward Fisher and soprano Emily Langford on the occasion of German composer Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday on May 22. The duo performed Wagnerian songs and arias, several works by Richard Strauss, and pieces from Franz Liszt’s piano transcriptions of Tannhauser and Tristan and Isolde, two of Wagner’s major operas, to a full auditorium. The program was complied and coordinated by David Winkler, Executive / Artistic Director of Chamber Players International.

Wagner Concert

Adi Shniderman Presents “Edge Stories” at the German House

“Edge Stories”, a new photography exhibition by Israeli-born artist Adi Shniderman, opened to a well attended reception at the German House on May 14. Shniderman provided photographs for the Consulate’s recent “German Walks” brochure, which highlights German heritage sites throughout Manhattan. For “Edge Stories”, Shniderman revisited the sites and took a new, more personal set of photographs which explore the ways in which we experience and interact with cities

"Edge Stories"

Publisher and Author Rafael Seligmann Gives an Optimistic Look at Jewish Life in Germany

On his lecture tour along the East Coast Rafael Seligmann, editor of the newspaper The Jewish Voice from Germany, was guest of the Consulate General on Monday, May 6, 2013. In a panel talk and discussion moderated by David G. Marwell, Director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, he discussed the renaissance of Jewish life in Germany and the challenges and opportunities for the Jewish community in Germany before a large and interested audience.

Rafael Seligmann

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Wanted: Interpreters

The Protocol Department at the German Consulate General is currently looking for qualified, experienced freelance interpreters (both GER>ENG and ENG>GER), primarily for interpretation at official economic and political meetings.

Please contact Doreen Schikorski at germanconsulatenyc[at]gmail.com with your CV, certifications, and references. Please be sure to put "Interpreter" in the subject line.

Please note that this is not a position at the Consulate, and that services will be requested only as needed.

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There is currently one job opening at the German Consulate General.

German students who are interested in completing an internship at the German Consulate General should submit an application to the Federal Foreign Office, wich coordinates the interships at our more than 200 foreign missions abroad. For further information on our internship program in German, visit:

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