This week, we’re talking about Atlanta’s small, but fascinating German community - who they were, when they arrived and how they left their culture and legacies around the city. In 1890, the entire state of Georgia had only 1.78% of residents with foreign patronage and Atlanta’s immigration story is really one that occurs post-1965 Immigration Act, but all that being said, there were small racial and ethnic communities from the founding of Atlanta in the 1840s.
The very first Germans in Atlanta also happened to be the very first Jewish residents. Lutheran Germans also made up the majority of Atlanta's community. They were business owners, civic leaders and weathered intense scrutiny during both world wars and the intense anti-German sentiment.
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