Our club was begun in 1956 as a monthly coffee held in members' homes. As the group grew too large for anyone's living room, meetings were held in restaurants and we became the American Women's Luncheon Club. Now our interests, as the American Women's Club, have widened to include more than just eating and socializing. In spite of all the adjustments of a growing group, we've tried never to lose sight of our goal, which was and is to help Americans adjust to life in Hamburg and to feel at home here.
Find out more! Read an open letter from one of the founding members of our club: "American Women's Club of Hamburg: It All Started in 1950"
Originally published in Currents April/May 2006
It all started in 1950 when I arrived in Bremerhaven, Germany as a member of a Red Cross group that was coming to Occupied Germany... It ended with my spending 20 years of my life in Germany and loving every minute of it. I was assigned to Bremen, Germany, which was occupied by the American forces and it was there that I met my husband who was in the shipping industry...
Life in Bremen was fun and interesting because it was all new... It was easy to be content and have friends then because we were a small community living in this occupied territory. This all changed for me in 1952 when I moved to Hamburg with my husband and daughter...
Read more: American Women's Club of Hamburg: It All Started in 1950
