When the United States entered World War I on April 6^th 1917, German American patriotism was stimulated. Though many German-Americans contributed to the War, hostilities against them still existed in the United States. As a response to these discriminatory feelings, many German-Americans changed their last names to conceal their heritages. The same year that the United States went into the war, a renowned group against America’s participation in the conflict, the National German-American Alliance, was ordered to disband.

 Americans took other discriminatory measures. Teaching the German language was discouraged in schools. Music composed by people of German heritage was played much less often over the radio. Americans deprived German newspapers of advertisement. Subsequently, the newspapers were not able to remain in production. Later in the 1930’s, many German Jews immigrated to America due to hostile feelings and discrimination from the Nazis. Albert Einstein was among the Germans who immigrated during this time. He and many other German immigrants have been very influential on American society.