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After you check into an exquisite room of one of the Bremerhaven hotels, head out to the German Emigration Center.  In 2005, the German Emigration Museum opened its doors to all the history that took place in setting people out into the rest of the world. Here you will find a lot of costumed models with the historical attire people would travel in. They have a recreated ship with head quarters in it so one can see what it was like to stay aboard. There are many accounts of family histories written by their own hand, hanging through out the building. The building itself is a replica of a wooden ship. One can see the white concrete flaps that look like sails as they walk up to the building.

This is a really great place for people who are searching out their own family genealogy and for those who are professional researchers.  There were about 7.2 million emigrants that came through here between 1830 and 1974. This activity made this the largest departure port city in Germany. There were about 4.1 million Germans who left from here and 3.1 million other Eastern Europeans who left from this port. They were all bound for places like the United States and Canada. To Argentina, Australia and beyond.

Visitors are given Boarding Passes with id cards of some previous passenger. They then get to go through and get information on that passenger as they scan their ticket at each exhibit. The learn things like biography, genealogy and other family history by video and sound clips. How interesting to be put in a setting that gives such a great feel for what it was like back then. A hall filled with mannequins of all cultures of European emigrants and what they wore. Lots of languages mixed in the sounds of the hustle and bustle of travel cases are shuffled about. Truly an experience.

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