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Did you kill your relatives after Christmas? German superstitions can be cruel… and entertaining

by Deutsch Centre | Feb 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

Why we ask this peculiar question in the headline? Because it is relevant! Christmas and New Year have just gone by, and if you washed your laundry between these two holidays, you condemned a close relative to an untimely death. This strong belief was held by my mom...

Don’t call me Kraut – … the proper term should probably be “potato”

by Deutsch Centre | Feb 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

No, don’t worry, this article won’t complain about insults thrown at Germans. Rather the opposite: We want to correct an inaccurate stereotype and replace it with something far better. Yes, Sauerkraut is pretty neat. But the whole “Kraut”- thing is overrated. What...

Did you kill your relatives after Christmas? German superstitions can be cruel… and entertaining

Don’t call me Kraut – … the proper term should probably be “potato”

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