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The Karnevals Gesellschaft Rheinischer Verein Gruen-Weiss Mardi Gras Society of Milwaukee was established in 1964 by Germans from the Rhineland. We also are known as the Mardi Gras Society to gain a wider identity among everyone interested in the traditions of Karneval. We promote and participate in many other events to preserve the heritage of our German culture.
The focus is to promote the German tradition of Karneval as a bigger family event. Our fests, music, dance, food and song defines Gemütlichkeit.
Goethe House Wisconsin is a Non-Profit German-American Cultural Institute serving Wisconsin since 1958.
Our mission is to serve as a resource for information about the past and present culture of all German-speaking people.
Through cultural and educational programs Goethe House seeks to provide people of all ages with a greater awareness of evolving Germanic societies and in so doing promote strong relations, friendship and understanding.
The German-American Police Association of Greater Milwaukee is a social club that focuses on the celebration of German heritage among law enforcement officers, family and friends. The association has no affiliation or ties to any political organization. Its aims are to promote a positive view of law enforcement and strengthen the foundation of German history that has earned Milwaukee the title of "German Athens" of the United States.
The German-American Police Association of Greater Milwaukee was established in 2008, and is a fraternal and social organization comprised of law enforcement officers with an interest in celebrating German heritage.
Milwaukee-GAPA currently meets once a month, and is seeking new members comprising of active and retired law enforcement officers from the Milwaukee area and abroad. Associate membership is also available to non-law enforcement officers. Milwaukee-GAPA aims to grow into an organization that will hold social functions for its members and families, along with promoting charitable activities that would benefit German-American entities in the Milwaukee area.
Welcome to German Fest Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin’s premier German ethnic festival and “A Milwaukee Tradition”.
Established in 1981, German Fest has been celebrating German culture and tradition along the beautiful shoreline of Lake Michigan. The fest is held during the last full weekend in July every year.
All things German… for ALL ages!
German Fest… make it YOUR tradition!
The Deutscher Sprach- und Schulverein (DSSV) or German Language and School Society of Wisconsin, Inc. was founded in Milwaukee on June 9, 1956. The Society’s primary goal is “to promote and stimulate interest in and understanding of the German language and culture, by means of an annual German Essay contest.”
The DSSV is chartered as a non-political, non-religious, and non-profit educational organization under the laws of the state of Wisconsin.
The German American National Congress, also known as DANK (Deutsch Amerikanischer National Kongress), is the largest German-American organization in the United States, with 17 chapters in 7 states, including 8 in the greater Chicagoland area.
The national organization seeks to bring together German-Americans in the pursuit of cultivating and presenting their heritage and interests on local, regional, and national levels. These were the primary reasons that DANK was founded in 1959, and they are still among the organization’s primary objectives today.
