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by PapaScott on 15 August 2004

A Russian immigrant, Julia Matijass, won the first medal for Germany in Athens.

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The Shamrockshire Eagle, editor and sole proprietor of August 15, 2004 at 12:08

I’m pretty sure a Volga German would take great exception to being referred to as a “Russian immigrant”!

ernst August 16, 2004 at 04:08

@shamrock: Not true in my experience. Likely reasons: 1. language – most of these immigrants (except some of the older generation) did not speak any German before coming here, and 2. most people here call them Russians no matter what (this includes people from other XUSSR republics too). There may be exceptions of course, I don’t know that many XUSSR-Germans but I’ve met a few.

@papascott: totally off-topic, have you seen the “Dumme Amis, schlaue Amis” article in Die Zeit?
http://www.zeit.de/2004/34/C-Amerikaner
It seems to address some anti-American myths but does it go far enough in dispeeling them? As I have never seen the inside of an American high school, I’d be interested in your opinion.

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