GERMAN: Spionage und Atomraketen, 1983 - Haarscharf am Krieg vorbei

This book authored by one of our RASP-members contains parts of the American Settlement Plittersdorf, especially the American Club.

ISBN 978-3-416-04079-2

Broschüre der Werkstatt Baukultur (German)

At the beginning of the 1950s, the American High Commissioner of Germany (HICOG) ordered the construction of three housing estates in what is now the city of Bonn. The two estates on the dune in Tannenbusch and south of the center of Bad Godesberg, each with a striking high-rise building, were planned for German employees of the occupying power. In Plittersdorf, on the other hand, apartments were built for American employees, a “little America on the Rhine” with its own suburban infrastructure. The buildings at all three locations bear the signature of architect Sep Ruf, who later designed the famous Chancellor’s Bungalow in Bonn.

The brochure with the ISBN-9783962422134 can be obtained here.

A Vision fulfilled (German)

The American Embassy in Bonn published the very interesting book “A Vision fulfilled” in 1999 (limited edition). The book is dedicated to the history of the Americans and the American Embassy in Bonn (1945 - 1999). With many reports from contemporary witnesses and pictures.
Unfortunately, the book, which is well worth reading, is no longer available in bookshops. However, copies can still be found here and there in second-hand bookshops and at online auction houses such as EBAY. See also the following article in the Tagesspiegel (Berlin): https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/ein-buch-der-us-botschaft-erinnert-an-die-letzten-fuenf-jahrzehnte/121456.html

Julia Child

A movie about Julia Child was a big hit in American cinemas. Please find here the official trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aon49topYHo

Hotel Godesberg

The Theater Bonn performs a stage play about the past of Bad Godesberg. The RASP has contributed the part of the history of the American Settlement, so we can be curious what the author and director Rainald Grebe has made of it. The world premiere took place on February 10, 2023 at the Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg.

No Fence

“No Fence” is a search for traces that documents the interplay of nature and architecture after 70 years of settlement history and shows the neighborhood shaped by labor migration, in which “the stranger comes today and stays tomorrow”. Website: https://www.zumbuschfotografie.de/no-fence

Bad Godesberger Heimatblätter (German)

The article “60 years ago - John F. Kennedy comes to Bad Godesberg in June 1963” appeared in Volume 61, in which our board member Stefan Wolter discusses the state visit of former US President John F. Kennedy in June 1963.

The local papers are available in the VHH Bad Godesberg.

Vier Tage im Juni (German)

In this political thriller, author Jan-Christoph Nüse deals with the visit of American President J.F. Kennedy. Thanks to a great deal of background research, this novel appears authentic and also has references to the American settlement of Plittersdorf.

Read here more about the book.