> I am looking for information on the section of lower Manhatten known in the
> mid 1850s to 1870s as Kleindeutschland, a heavily populated German part of
> the city.
The new "Encyclopedia of New York City," edited by Kenneth Jackson, has a
short entry on Kleindeutschland (with a photograph of George Ehret's Alt
Heidelberg restaurant) and a longer article on Germans in New York. Both
entries are by Stanley Nadel, who has written a book on the area: "Little
Germany: Ethnicity, Religion, and Class in New York City, 1845-1880"
(1990). Two other titles that might be of interest: Agnes Bretting:
"Soziale Probleme deutscher Einwanderer in New York City, 1800-1860"
(Wiesbaden, 1981) and Philip Wagner: "Ein Achtundvierziger: Erlebtes und
Gedachtes" (Brooklyn, 1882).
Frank Newman
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