Baltic Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland. The size of Germany is just a bit smaller

than Montana. The terrain consists of lowlands in the northern part, uplands in the center

area, and the Bavarian Alps in the southern region. The population as of nineteen ninety

five was approximately eighty-one thousand, three hundred and thirty- eight. The

religious preference in Germany is mostly Protestant and Roman Catholic. Germany is

mainly an industry based country. Most male adults would learn a trade such as

electrician to be their life long job.

The man I interviewed about his immigration from Germany in nineteen fifty two

is Heinz Ginsberg. Mr. Ginsberg was born in Nordlingen, Germany1. Not only did he live

in Germany but also Poland. In about nineteen twenty Mr. Ginsberg's parents filled out

an application for passage to the United States. After being interviewed and their request

accepted the family was sponsored by a company to travel to the United States on a Navy

ship. The process was called "troop transport." The name of the organization is unsure

job was in a garment factory in Boston. At this job he earned seventy-five cents an hour.

of his family very well until they adjusted to it. One of the main differences between the

In the years between nineteen thirty-seven and nineteen forty-seven Heinz and his

during the war their father was working in a German concentration camp. Their father

problems, like speeding tickets, etc. However, Heinz received his citizenship in the army

Heinz and his older brother immigrated in February, his other brothers and

for a better life. There are many opportunities in the United States that weren't open to

Of course there were setbacks as well as high points. The Ginsberg family did not

of nineteen fifty four "about five days before Christmas." Before being drafted his first

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