German Aid Society was the name of various support groups in the United States for immigrants from Europe and people with German ancestry.
[1][2] They were in Sandusky, Ohio, Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Oregon, the latter including Prussian-born architect Otto Kleemann.
The first German Aid Society was founded[where?]
in 1764 to aid German immigrants.
[5] The organizations were part of congressional hearings in the late 1800s.