Jefferson Patterson was born May 14, 1891 in Dayton, Ohio, son of the co-founder of National Cash Register. In 1921, after passing the exams for the diplomatic service, he became Secretary of Legation at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Thus began a 36-year career spanning five continents, including posts in China, Columbia, Turkey, Poland, Norway, Germany, Peru, Egypt, the Balkans, Uruguay ...

The five Frieder brothers from Cincinnati, Ohio (Philip, Henry, Alex, Morris, and Herbert) made their fortune in cigars, which they manufactured in the Philippines. The brothers took turns managing the cigar production. Every two years, one of the brothers (excluding Henry) and his family would relocate to their home at 44 Brixton Hill, Santa Mesa, Manila. The Frieder brothers were passionate poker ...

A description of the author's visit to the main cities of what was once the Habsburg Empire. The section on Vienna refers to the antisemitism of Karl Lueger and to the Waldheim Affair. The last chapter of the book, "Coda: The Dead" (pp. 315-328), is an account of the history of the writer's Jewish ancestors in those three cities. During the Nazi period most of them emigrated to England; others were ...

Since 2003, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has been circulating its traveling exhibition Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 throughout the United States. A 30-panel traveling exhibition composed of scholar-vetted narrative, historical photographs, and reproduced original documents, the exhibition recounts the experiences of homosexual victims of Nazis while reinforcing larger lessons ...

Morris Horn, M.D. served in Europe in WW2 as a Captain in the Army Medical Corps and died while serving his country. Dr. Morris Horn married Ruth Carlson Horn in the Commodore Hotel in NYC in August 1932 by Rabbi Albert Martin. Ruth (1913 - 1999) was a noted patron of the arts and innovator in Bridgeport, Connecticut's arts community. She was the daughter of William Carlson, an automobile industrialist, ...

241 p. ; 19 cm.

Collectie 181j_ENG: Inventory

x, 102 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

6, 248 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, map ; 19 cm

MS, group of four at railroad station, including David Boder. “United States Lines Car M.” 01:00:51 VAR views of the deck of a large ship, probably the USS Brazil which Boder sailed to Europe on in late July 1946. Boder with the recorder on his shoulder, walks down the stairs on the ship. A man writes in a journal. A man wearing a yarmulke takes off his glasses. Boder with two men. Woman with her young ...

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index. 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Collectie 182_ENG: Inventory 4. > National Bureaus 4.4.3. > Department Enschede

Title card: “Arriving at Solonika on way to Belgrade, Serbia.” Women, nicely dressed, pose for the camera at a train station in Greece. Anna Mayo and Calev Elias are in the group. People wave from the train windows. Some chat on the platform. The train departs. In different pairs, people walk towards the camera. Pan of station activity. Soldier in traditional garb walks down the street. Brief, donkeys ...

Bibl.: p. 201-202. - Index. xiv, 209 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

591 p., [116] p. pl., [2] vouwbl. : ill. ; 22 cm.

An Atlantic monthly press book. 380 pages ; 23 cm

Decorated title in German: "Vereinsfilm aufgenommen durch Fr. Jasper Text von H. Vosskamp" followed by the main title card: "Kameradschaft Duisburg der ehem. Angehoerigen des 3 Oberelsäss. Inftr.-Regiments 172 FAHRT INS BLAUE mit dem Salondampfer 'Deutschland' am Sonntag, dem 13 August 1933 vorm 7:10 Uhr ab Mühlenweide, Ruhrort". Another title card indicating the program, whereby guests will depart ...

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-351) and index. xxiv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contains material pertaining to Nancy Phillips (donor's mother), an American college student, and her bother Wharton Phillips's travel in Europe, including 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

1. Aufl. 290, [1] pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.

1. Aufl. 383 pages ; 22 cm

3, 4, 402 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm

Walter Rauscher (July 9, 1919 – December 1974) was born in Ošelín, Czechoslovakia to Oskar and Clementine (Schnurmacher) Rauscher. The family owned a general store in town and lived in the quarters above it. Oskar died in June 1936, leaving the business to his wife. Walter’s uncle, Leo Schnurmacher, was the Honorary Consul of Czechoslovakia in Manila, Philippines. In 1938, Leo connected Walter, who ...