IS8N 0948-9436 ßThe German-Americans as a group are in the process of rapid disintegration. The disintegration began long before the war. The war even interrupted it for a while ... German culture in Arnerica became a toy for third-rate 'leaders', most of whom had something to seIl; except for them, i t was dead. The mel t ing pot has devoured [the German-Arnericans] as it has no other group, not even the Irish.