Well-known representatives of

minorities who contributed to the German culture

List of contents

• Food• Music• Art

• Literature

Food

German Cuisine

Italian Influence

Polish Influence

Turkish Influence

French Influence

Spanish Influence

Music influenced by

immigrants

Hip-Hop and Rap found their way to Germany in

the 1980s. Hip Hop became popular because of the stationed

American soldiers in Germany, movies and CDs. Movies like Wild Style and Beat Street animated

young people to breakdance, to spray or to rap. So there was an English speaking Hip-Hop wave.

History of Hip Hop music in Germany

The first German rappers started to rap in

English. They thought that to rap in German was a taboo and vintage.

Torch, a German rapper with an immigrant background, tried to rap in German first. The crowd liked it because they understood what he was rapping about.

The beginning of German rap

Born on September 29, 1971 in Heidelberg,

Germany. His mother comes from Haiti but his father is

German. He began to rap in the 1980s and was one of the

first German rappers in the young German hip-hop generation.

Torch (Frederik Hahn)

Born on June 04, 1984 in Vevey, Swiss. His mother is Italian and his father Austrian. He lives in Berlin, Germany. As a 14-year-old boy he began to rap in French

and produced his own beats. Later he started to rap in German.

He usually raps about his childhood which is characterized by his immigrant background.

RAF Camora (Raphael Ragucci)

Art

Akbar Behkalam

German –Iranian painter and sculptor

Name: Akbar

Behkalam Born in: Tabriz, Iran

(1944) Residence: Berlin Family: married with

two children

Profile

His life

• He studied arts at a universitiy in Istanbul.• He lived in different European cities (Paris,

Rome, Frankfurt).• After that he moved back to Iran.• Since 1976 he has been living in Berlin and has

an own atelier in Brandenburg.

Artworks

Literature

Annelies Marie „Anne“ Frank

Anne heard about

the idea of a Netherlandish politician: He wanted to document the destiny of their inhabitants during the second world war in public, so she worked on her diary to send it to him.

He was born in 1967 in

Russia and is a German short story writer. His most popular book „Russendisko“ (Russian Disco) is about 3 guys who come to Germany in 1990. One of them isn’t a Jew, that’s why he doesn’t get a visa for longer than 3 months. The story is about how they earn their money and how they want to make the guy a Jew.

Wladimir Kaminer

Now you have seen some

interesting influences on our culture!

Thank youfor your attention!