$4.95 / ISSUE $19.95 / YEAR (USA) ISBN 1 558-7568 SUMMER 2010 THE ONLY BILINGUAL MAGAZINE FOR AUSTRIAN, GERMAN, AND SWISS CULTURE +Summertime, BBQ Time: Indulge without the guilt BEHIND THE SCENES OUR TEAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA Q'orianka Kilcher...a life between Hollywood glamour & fighting for the rights of native peoples Zwischen Hollywood-Glamour & Kampf für die Rechte indigener Völker PUBLISHER’S NOTE Liebe Leser, Zivilcourage – ein schöner Begriff. Das Wort setzt sich aus lateinisch „civilis“ für bürgerlich oder anständig sowie aus französisch „courage“ zusammen. Nachgewiesen wird der Begriff Zivil- courage erstmals 1835 in Frankreich als „courage Dear Reader, civil“ (Mut des Einzelnen zum eigenen Urteil) und „courage civique“ (staatsbürgerlicher Mut). Civil courage — a beautiful concept. The word Aber wer von uns hat in letzter Zeit dieses consists of “civilis” (Latin for civil — not military Wort mit dem eigenen Tun in Verbindung bringen or decent) and “courage” from the French. können? Wohl die wenigsten von uns. Nicht so The term civil courage first appeared in France unser Titelmädchen Q’orianka Kilcher. Gerade in 1835 as “courage civil” (personal courage to erst 20 kämpft die schweizer-amerikanische make one’s own judgement) and “courage Filmschauspielerin schon seit Jahren mutig für civique” (civic courage). mehr Umweltbewusstsein und die Rechte von But who among us has recently connected Ureinwohnern, besonders für diejenigen in this concept with their own actions? Probably few of us. Not so our cover girl Q’orianka „Mut auf dem Schlachtfelde ist bei uns Kilcher. Barely 20 years old the Swiss- Gemeingut, aber Sie werden nicht selten American movie actress has fought bravely for years for more environmental awareness and finden, dass es ganz achtbaren Leuten for the rights of native peoples, especially on an Zivilcourage fehlt.“ behalf of the native people in Peru, her father’s - Otto von Bismarck, 1864; zitiert nach v. Keudell, 1901 homeland. With her role as Pocahontas in “The New World” in 2005, Q’orianka became Peru, woher ihr Vater stammt. Q’orianka wurde internationally famous at the age of 15, and 2005, als sie gerade erst 15 war, durch ihre Rolle since has used her stardom to lend her voice to als Pocahontas in „The New World“ weltberühmt those who have no public voice. und nutzt seither ihre Bekanntheit, um – wie Just recently, on June 2, 2010, the courageous sie in vielen Interviews sagte – denjenigen eine actress was arrested for a very drastic action. Stimme zu verleihen, die in der Öffentlichkeit One may have different political beliefs, but I keine haben. am certain, dear reader, that you will agree Erst kürzlich, am 2. Juni 2010, hat die when reading our cover story that Q’orianka couragierte Filmschauspielerin aufgrund einer Kilcher is truly a remarkable young woman. sehr drastischen Aktion die eigene Verhaftung Hats off to a young person with civil courage! in Kauf genommen. Man mag politisch anders eingestellt sein, aber Sie werden mir sicherlich I wish you a wonderful summer. nach der Lektüre unserer Titelgeschichte zustimmen, liebe Leser, dass Q’orianka Kilcher With best regards, wirklich eine ganz bemerkenswerte junge Frau Petra Schürmann ist. Chapeau für einen jungen Menschen mit Publisher Zivilcourage! Einen schönen Sommer wünscht Ihnen Herzlichst, “Courage on the battlefield is our Petra Schürmann common good, but not infrequently you Herausgeberin will find quite honorable people lacking in civil courage.” - Otto von Bismarck, 1864 Summer 2010 www.german-world.com 3 contents GWON THE COVER 16 – 19 HOLLYWOOD STAR Q’ORIANKA KILCHER: Why I fight for the rights of Native Peoples 20 – 27 BEHIND THE SCENES: THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA: 16 What are the chances for Germany, Switzerland and the US? 38 – 43 SUMMERTIME — BARBECUE TIME: Indulge German-style without the Guilt CURRENTS 6 – 13 Chancellor Merkel in Los Angeles; Lena wins Eurovision title for Germany; Ambassador Prosl honored; Dietmar Bock assumes new post as Ambassador of Germany in Djibouti; The Bilingual Brain; Opening of the new Goethe Institut location in New York ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 14 – 15 OPERA NEWS by Nina Wachenfeld 20 29 MEET OUR READERS: Lukas Schwarzacher 30 – 31 GACS EVENING OF LITERATURE & MUSIC IN L.A.: How anti-semitic was Richard Wagner? 37 MEET THE NEW QUEEN: Crowning of Miss German-America LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL 32 – 35 TRAVEL: The many faces of Switzerland, Europe’s best kept secret REGULAR COLUMNS: 38 44 – 46 EDUCATION SPECIAL 44 – 46 SPOTLIGHT 50 Subscription Information COVER PHOTO: Jim Spelman / © Getty Images WORLD PUBLISHER Contributors ADVERTISING & MARKETING GERMAN WORLD MAGAZINE GERMAN-WORLD.COM, INC. 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Anna Maria Furlong Subscriber Services Translations [email protected] Phone 323.876.5843 Printed in the USA by Nancy Joyce, Petra Schürmann [email protected] Southwest Offset Printing, Gardena, CA. CURRENTS Germany Engulfed in “Lena-Mania” The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest enchants Europe Everyone is full of praise for Lena, including the Federal Chancellor: "She’s a wonderful expression of young Germany," said Angela Merkel, who congratulated the young woman from Hanover after she finished first place at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway, on May 29 with her song “Satellite.” From Spain to Finland, nine of the 39 Eurovision countries gave “Little Miss Marvelous”, as the German newspaper FAZ dubbed her, their top mark of 12 points. Things can move fast. Just three months after Lena appeared in the casting show "Our Star for Oslo,” and has now gained the reputation as Germany's "new voice" — without any formal voice training. The future of Lena the superstar remains to be seen. One thing is clear: because the winner is from Germany, the country will host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. Hanover, Hamburg and Berlin are being tipped as the possible venue. Eurovision Song Contest: Olympics of Popular Music What if you had to choose a pop song to represent the USA and win the hearts and minds of people everywhere in an Olympics of Song judged by the common folk? This is the challenge that European countries face every year in the Eurovision Song Contest. u Visit www.german-world.com/Featured and listen to Lena’s winning song “Satellite.” • Do you know “Schland?” “Schland, O, Schland” is this year’s soccer holler for the German national team in South Africa with “Schland” being an abbreviation of Deutschland. “Schland o Schland” is also the title of a song that is about to become this year’s German soccer hymn, published by Uwu Lena, a group of students who created a satirical spin off of Lena’s winning Eurovision song “Satellite.” - gw/ps HISTORY Fun Facts of History In Philadelphia, the Declaration of Independence was published first in German With regards to the upcoming 4th of July festivities, let’s take a closer look at the days leading up to July 4th in 1776 and find out why a German version of the Declaration of Independence was published in Philadelphia earlier than the English one. Thomas Jefferson's writing of the original the unsigned "Dunlap Broadsides" is reported to have sold for $8.14 million in draft took place in 17 days between his an August 2000 New York City auction. This copy was discovered in 1989. appointment to the committee and the While browsing in a flea market, a man purchased a painting for four dollars presentation of draft to Congress on June because he was interested in the frame. Concealed in the backing of the frame 28th, 1776. Congress was called to order was an original “Dunlap Broadside” of the Declaration of Independence. on July 1st at 9 a.m. and serious debate consumed most of that Monday. Another Philadelphia printer, Henrich Millers, produced a German news- Finally, all 12 colonies voted on July 2nd and adopted the resolution, paper in 1776 called the Pennsylvanscher staatsbote. On July 9, 1776, a few introduced by Richard Henry Lee and John Adams, declaring independence days before the press date of the English-language local paper, the staatsbote Source: http://declarationofindependence.info/ - Author: Stan Klos. from Great Britain. A few more changes were added on July 3rd and July 4th, printed a full German translation of the American Declaration of 1776. In the evening of July 4, 1776 John Hancock's Congress ordered the Independence, a copy of which is on display at the library of the German declaration to be authenticated and printed. Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Philadelphia printer John Dunlap was given the task to print broadside Historian Karl J. R. Arndt of Clark University, however, claims that Millers copies of the agreed-upon declaration to be signed in type only by Continental was trumped by German printers Cist and Steiner who produced a broadside Congress President John Hancock and Secretary Charles Thomson. John as early as July 6th, the day after Dunlap's printing.