German bread?!

German bread?

We had a student from Werl Germany stay with us. He said our bread in America is different from German bread, but couldn't say what the difference is. Can anyone tell me what German bread is like?

I live in Koln being American I have discovered this first hand German bread even plain white bread ( which they call Toast even though its not toasted) is harder. It is difficult to find the white fluffy soft white bread here. they seem to serve mostly hard dense bread, usually with tougher crust. they appear to use a darker less processed grain, the common Brochen ( the breakfast of most Germans) is a white roll with a crunchy crust.