Why did all the officials turn pale when then First Lady Hillary Clinton had to go to the bathroom? Why was Baumholder once the largest construction site in the Federal Republic of Germany? And why has the little town always been a mirror of world history?These questions are answered in the book »Americans in Baumholder. When the occupiers arrived in 1951, a friendship between two nations developed in little Baumholder more than in larger garrison towns. Also between the Bundeswehr and the US Military, which share the military training area. And above all between private individuals who live theGerman-American friendship like probably nowhere else. A city with 4,300 inhabitants and today still 8,500 Americans lives between fear, hope and relief. The enormous troop presence is both a burden and a blessing: Baumholder felt and feels the American way of life, but also its disadvantages.