Werner Peters reading from his new book in Cologne

America is Quite Different from Europe

January 9, 2008.
On January 9, Jeane von Oppenheim, Chair of the Amerika Haus e.V. Nordrhein-Westfalen, welcomed an interested audience to the Verein’s first program, a reading by Cologne author Dr. Werner Peters from his recently published book “Rätsel Amerika”. The event at Cologne’s Mediapark provided a timely forum for an in-depth discussion of the author’s contention that “Europeans must bid farewell to the idea that Americans should be like us." The ensuing discussion was lively and wide-ranging, touching on such diverse aspects as religion and freedom in America, individualism and the current primary election campaigns.

Please see our website for details on the Verein's next event on January 18.