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Explore 20 free German texts for beginners & intermediates. Each text uses our learning system, that includes native speaker audio, a comprehension quiz and helpful flashcards.

Rammstein
A2
Rammstein
An industrial metal band with explosive live shows.
Schlager Music
A2
Schlager Music
Catchy, sentimental pop from German-speaking Europe.
Hildegard von Bingen
A2
Hildegard von Bingen
A medieval abbess, composer, mystic, and polymath.
German Christmas Markets
A2
German Christmas Markets
Traditional winter markets selling crafts, food, and Glühwein.
Berlin's Holocaust Memorial
A2
Berlin's Holocaust Memorial
A vast field of concrete blocks near Brandenburg Gate.
Sophie Scholl
A2
Sophie Scholl
A student and White Rose anti-Nazi resister, executed in 1943.
Struwwelpeter
A2
Struwwelpeter
An well-known German children's book of dark cautionary tales.
Anne Frank
A2
Anne Frank
A young diarist who hid from the Nazis, and died in the Holocaust.
New German Cinema
B1
New German Cinema
A 1960s–80s film movement that challenged mainstream cinema.
Bauhaus
B1
Bauhaus
A design school that merged art, craft and industry into modernism.
The German Witch Hunt
B1
The German Witch Hunt
The early modern persecutions of alleged witches across Germany.
Anton Wilhelm Amo
B1
Anton Wilhelm Amo
A Ghanaian-born philosopher, and the first Black professor in Germany.
Nietzsche's Life & Philosophy
B1
Nietzsche's Life & Philosophy
A philosopher who critiqued morality and truth.
Käthe Kollwitz
B1
Käthe Kollwitz
An important artist and printmaker, who depicted grief and war.
Carl Jung
B1
Carl Jung
The Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology.
Berghain
B1
Berghain
A legendary Berlin techno club with a strict door policy.
E.T.A. Hoffmann
B2
E.T.A. Hoffmann
A romantic author, who wrote uncanny tales like 'The Nutcracker'
German Mythical Creatures
B2
German Mythical Creatures
Supernatural beings from folklore, haunting fields and homes.
Schinderhannes
B2
Schinderhannes
The notorious Rhineland robber, executed by guillotine in 1803.
The Witch Craze
B2
The Witch Craze
The 16th-17th-century mass witch trials and executions in Germany.
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