Anti-German Hysteria

Anti-German Hysteria (HM2HKW)

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N 39° 6.93', W 84° 31.154'

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The United States' declaration of war on Germany in April 1917
resulted in a tragic display of
hysteria directed against everything and anything
German.
In Cincinnati, German teachers
were
dismissed from public schools, German professors
were censored, German collections and publications
were removed from circulation at the
Public Library, businesses with German names had their
names
"Americanized"
and, by police order, only
English language public meetings
could
be held.

As a result of the anti-German hysteria during
World War I, name changing became the rage.
The Cincinnati City Council followed the trend
by changing German street names on April 9, 1918.
Among those changed were: German Street to
English Street, Bismarck Street to Montreal Street,
Berlin Street to Woodrow Street, Bremen Street to
Republic Street, Brunswick Street to Edgecliff Point,
Frankfort Street to Connecticut Avenue, Hamburg
Street to Stonewall Street, Hanover Street to Yukon
Street, Hapsburg Street to Merrimac Street,
Schumann Street to Meredith Street, Vienna Street
to Panama Street,
and Humboldt Street to Taft Road.
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HM NumberHM2HKW
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Year Placed2006
Placed ByThe German-American Studies Program, University of Cincinnati; and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, June 7th, 2019 at 8:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 714478 N 4332524
Decimal Degrees39.11550000, -84.51923333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 6.93', W 84° 31.154'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 6' 55.8" N, 84° 31' 9.24" W
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