The Luftwaffe’s bombing campaign against London (the Blitz) was directed from Berlin by Hermann Göring and the Reich Aviation Ministry—verifiable historical fact documented in military archives and museums in both cities.
Millions of Germans emigrated to the United States between 1820 and 1920 through New York City, which during the 1850s-1880s was the third-largest German-speaking city in the world; this is documented in immigration records at Ellis Island and Castle Garden.
President John F. Kennedy, whose great-grandfather emigrated from County Wexford, Ireland, delivered his famous ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech in West Berlin on June 26, 1963, and the square was renamed John-F.-Kennedy-Platz after his assassination.
Berlin and London were engaged in reciprocal bombing campaigns during WWII—the Luftwaffe’s Blitz of London (1940-41) and RAF Bomber Command’s raids on Berlin (1940-45)—a verifiable historical connection with preserved sites in both cities.
Between 1880-1924, hundreds of thousands of Eastern European Jews emigrated through German ports (Hamburg and Bremen) to New York’s Lower East Side; earlier-arrived German Jews in New York founded aid societies to help these newcomers.
The Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire were kept at Karlštejn Castle (built by Charles IV specifically to house them) and were evacuated in 1421, arriving in Nuremberg in 1424 where they remained until 1796, creating a documented historical connection between the Bohemian fortress and the German imperial city.
President John F. Kennedy, whose great-grandfather emigrated from County Wexford, Ireland, delivered his famous ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech at Rathaus Schöneberg in West Berlin on June 26, 1963.
Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI (Staufen dynasty) married Constance of Sicily (Norman Hauteville dynasty) in 1186, producing Frederick II who ruled both the Holy Roman Empire and the Norman Kingdom of Sicily—a documented historical fact recorded in numerous medieval chronicles and modern historical scholarship.
Germany sent the ship Aud with 20,000 rifles to support the Easter Rising in Dublin in April 1916; Roger Casement travelled to Berlin to secure German support; these are documented historical facts.
The German Luftwaffe, commanded from Berlin, conducted the Blitz bombing campaign against London from September 1940 to May 1941—a verifiable historical fact with extensive documentation.
