History of the Germans in Holyoke, Massachusetts (original) (raw)
Despite representing a significantly smaller population than their Irish, French, Polish, or Puerto Rican counterparts, in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, German immigrants predominantly from Saxony and Rhineland played a significant economic, cultural, and political role in the history of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The influx of these immigrants can largely be attributed to a single mill and millworker complex, the Germania Woolen Mills, which formed the basis of the immigrant colony (German: die deutsche Einwanderkolonie von Holyoke, lit. "the German immigrant colony from Holyoke") that would make the ward encompassing the South Holyoke neighborhood that with the highest German population per capita, in all of New England by 1875. Along with unionization efforts by the I
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| dbo:abstract | Despite representing a significantly smaller population than their Irish, French, Polish, or Puerto Rican counterparts, in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, German immigrants predominantly from Saxony and Rhineland played a significant economic, cultural, and political role in the history of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The influx of these immigrants can largely be attributed to a single mill and millworker complex, the Germania Woolen Mills, which formed the basis of the immigrant colony (German: die deutsche Einwanderkolonie von Holyoke, lit. "the German immigrant colony from Holyoke") that would make the ward encompassing the South Holyoke neighborhood that with the highest German population per capita, in all of New England by 1875. Along with unionization efforts by the Irish community, Germans would also play a key role in the city and region's socialist labor movements as workers organized for higher pay and improved living conditions in the textile and paper mill economies. Reflecting anti-German sentiment in the United States nationwide, as well as the concurrent decline of the Holyoke economy, much of the community dispersed or became Americanized following the World Wars in the 20th century; as of 2010, residents of German ancestry represented 4.7% or 1,887 of Holyoke's residents, and 6.0% or 27,526 residents in Hampden County. With the exception of a handful of restaurants and institutions in the Greater Springfield area, the influence of German culture in the city remains largely relegated to historical accounts today. Following this decline in the 1940s through 1970s, much of the Germania area of South Holyoke was razed or entirely redeveloped, with some exceptions such as the Turner Hall. Other institutions like the Sons of Hermann and Heinritz's Drug Store have been preserved and repurposed as a church and cultural center respectively, for the generation of Puerto Rican immigrants who began settling there in the mid-20th century. (en) |
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| dbp:footer | 0001-02-14 (xsd:gMonthDay) Arriving as a child in 1851, John Heinritz, an immigrant from Sparneck, Bavaria, went on to open his South Holyoke pharmacy in 1879, which would additionally function as a postal substation, box office for the Holyoke Opera; the Heinritz House in Elmwood, with its tower (en) Left to right: Brothers August and Hermann Stursberg, the two textile industrialists who established Germania Mills and brought an influx of German workers (en) Left to right: Hans Goldschmidt, who hired George E. Pellissier to engineer much of the early developments of the Goldschmidt Thermite Company upon the opening of its first American offices in New York City (en) The ornate facade of the Steiger Building, formerly the site of Holyoke's first department store, as it appears today; founded by Otto Dreikorn in 1889, Dreikorn's Bread would both serve and grow beyond the community, becoming a regional baking company by the time of its closure in 1987 (en) Left to right: Photo of the Holyoke Turn Halle entrance in 1902; Holyoke Turn Halle building and grounds as they appeared on a 1909 postcard (en) The Holyoke Turnhalle, long open to non-German membership, continues to serve as a bar, gymnasium, and music venue today; the two remaining buildings of the South Holyoke Germania worker housing complex, also known today as the "Battleship Block"; following a period of urban decline, most of the components of this once-grand complex burned down in the latter half of the 20th century (en) Photos of the Germania Park area in October 1941 , and December 2018 , the one commonality between the two being the small metal chimney visible in the center-left; the portion of Clemente Street abutting Germania Park, now Bonin Field, was filled in and all buildings were razed during the 20th century sometime after 1950 and before 1980 (en) The former meeting hall of the Sons of Hermann Association , converted for use by a local church in 1973, within a decade of the club's closure; the benefit society's insignia showing Hermann with his sword aloft (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Despite representing a significantly smaller population than their Irish, French, Polish, or Puerto Rican counterparts, in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, German immigrants predominantly from Saxony and Rhineland played a significant economic, cultural, and political role in the history of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The influx of these immigrants can largely be attributed to a single mill and millworker complex, the Germania Woolen Mills, which formed the basis of the immigrant colony (German: die deutsche Einwanderkolonie von Holyoke, lit. "the German immigrant colony from Holyoke") that would make the ward encompassing the South Holyoke neighborhood that with the highest German population per capita, in all of New England by 1875. Along with unionization efforts by the I (en) |
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