#emil hoffman

[joandfriedrich]

What do you think happened between Minna Bhaer and Franz's and Emil's father? I often think about it.

I have a headcanon that they worked in a newspaper in Berlin. She followed him and they traveled to America, but he left her and then she became ill and Fritz found her and the boys from the poor house.

That is the puzzle of the ages, at least in the Little Women fandom. In order to answer this properly, I had to dig a little deeper into what was historically happening at the time when Minna would have met and went to America with her husband. Going by your timeline, which I trust completely, Franz was born in 1859 and Emil 1861, so his parents would have had to have met during the 1850s.

All that we know of Minna’s husband/Mr. Hoffmann is that he is American, and is not in the picture by the time Friedrich comes over to America. Things that I inferred from the text is that Mr. Hoffmann isn’t a sore spot for Friedrich or the boys (could be possible for the boys to not remember much of their father), but I personally think that the Hoffmann’s were just a simple family that had fallen on hard times and tragedy struck the parents down. I don’t believe that Friedrich, being the family man that he is, would allow his sister to go and marry some man that he hasn’t met or felt he could trust, given their history of their own father abandoning them. But before I go into that, let’s take a look at the history that was surrounding Germany and America at this time.

Germany during the 1850s had political issues, religious turmoil, and economic struggles, and according to the research I did, it was during this time that a huge number of Germans had travelled over to America, as mainly due to there was hardly any place that would welcome German immigrants. Between 1845-1855 alone, more than a million Germans came to America, and in 1854, it was recorded that 215,000 Germans came over. America took advantage of this influx of immigrants and hired them to work in some of the most labor-intensive jobs, like building canals and railroads.

You suggest that perhaps they were journalists in Berlin and possibly in America. For anyone that is wondering, there was indeed a German language magazine in New York City, known as “New Yorker Staats-Zeitung” founded in the 1830s. It was established by German-American business men, and it was incredibly popular and profitable all the way into the 1960s. While I think it is intriguing to think that they became journalists in America, there is something that throws doubt in my mind.

Friedrich was a highly thought of and brilliant professor in Germany, with qualifications that would be ideal for any university, and yet, he was unable to get that kind of job, and was stuck being a tutor in the Kirke boarding house. The sad reality of this time is that, regardless of what skills and education you may have had in your homeland, it was hardly appreciated in America. While Germans had established their own communities and were a respected immigrant group, they too faced prejudice in the work force, especially by the American born citizens who disliked immigrants taking jobs away from them. It took Friedrich years and the luck of his wife inheriting a large house turned school, to become a teacher, and in much later in life a president of a school, so I can’t imagine that finding a high profile and paying job like that would have come easy.

Also, I think it is highly unlikely that Minna would have been a journalist in Berlin, because during the 1850s, it was against the law for women to be a part of political events, or be associated with anything that deals with politics, and newspapers/magazines did such that. She wouldn’t have had the experience to be able to do that and transfer that knowledge to America, and women’s rights would have become common in Germany in the 1870s, long after she had moved to America and had passed away. As much as it is an interesting background, I don’t feel confident that she would have worked for a newspaper company.

There is something interesting to note about the name Hoffmann, something that could give a clue into Mr. Hoffmann’s background. It is of German origin, but it is also a common name for anyone of Jewish origin. During the 1850s, there were many German Jews living at this time, just as much as there were German Christians, and I wonder if there may be a possibility of Mr. Hoffmann being Jewish. We know the Bhaers are Christian, but as we see with Friedrich, are not prejudice towards them. This unlocks a new avenue of possibilities that could be explored and explain more about the mysterious Mr. Hoffmann.

If we do believe him to be of Jewish origin, it can answer a question that I had for the longest time. Why didn’t Minna ask any of Mr. Hoffmann’s family to raise her boys after she died if she was dedicated to having them raised in America? Most likely because they were unhappy at their son, a Jewish man, married to a Christian woman and disowned him. With no American in-laws to help, who else can Minna turned to, other than her only living relative and one she trusts utterly, her own brother.

Here is my personal headcanon of the mysterious Mr. Hoffmann and his relationship with Minna:

Mr. Hoffmann’s parents came to America to avoid the discriminatory and heavy laws that were put against Jews during that time in Germany. Along with some other Jewish families, the Hoffmann’s helped to establish a bank in New York City, allowing them to earn money to raise their family in a middle class setting. He was raised with care, went to good schools, wore fine clothes, and was given opportunities to have interests, one he deeply loved was music, but still faced prejudice due to his Jewish background. While his parents were progressive in thoughts of women’s rights, abolition, and sex education, they are old fashioned when it comes to one thing, religion; people ought to marry within their own religion, and after everything they had gone through, they had a great distrust in Christians.

Because they encouraged him to be interested in social and political matters, Mr. Hoffmann attends meetings and reads newspapers that not only express ideals he was brought up in, but helps to broaden his knowledge of things his parents wouldn’t normally talk about, and has friends from all different kinds of backgrounds. To him, America is the melting pot of cultures and the hope for a more unified world, which is something his parents disagree, thinking each culture ought to stay with their own, especially as an effort to preserve it. He got the best education he was afforded, and was expected to have a place in his father’s bank, but wanting to do something on his own merit, he used his money to buy a little music store and has managed it with great success. His parents see this as a hobby, which saddens him that they don’t seem to understand that he likes managing the store, but he lets it go for the time.

Once he became a young man, he decided to travel back to Germany to see what his parents’ homeland was like, wondering if things had changed then, and that was how he managed to meet Minna. He got lost and was trying to find his old home, when he asked a young lady to help him, and they hit it off wonderfully. Minna Bhaer is a kind and bright young woman, and shows him around the city, answering his questions, and when he commends her for how bright she is, she blushes and says that credit goes to her brother who is a great teacher. Inviting him to dinner, she introduces him to Friedrich, who was very welcoming to the young man, and they listened to the tales of America, just as they shared how Germany has become the country it is now since his parents left. They talk about music, philosophy, religion, and progressive ideas, which Mr. Hoffmann is grateful to meet like minded people as him.

Mr. Hoffmann had planned to stay only for at most a month, but he found that the warmth of the Bhaer home was too wonderful to leave so soon, especially of the company of the young Minna. One month turned to two, two to four, and it was very clear to Friedrich that a romance is blossoming between the two. While he has no objections against his religion or taking her to America, he does grill him in how Mr. Hoffmann will take care of his bride, not only financially, but emotionally. Minna had told Mr. Hoffmann about how their father walked out of the family, and while she was too young to remember him and care that much, she shares that Friedrich still carries that wound, and he understands Friedrich’s concern of a possibility of Minna being abandoned by both a father and husband.

Mr. Hoffmann knew that there was a good chance that they would not accept her, may even disown him, but he loved Minna very much and explained that he had a store of his own that was doing well and would provide for them both, and whatever children they will have. Friedrich, satisfied that Minna would be taken care of, gives his blessings to the pair, and they marry in a civil ceremony in Germany before travelling back to America.

When Mr. Hoffmann tells his parents of his marriage, they are enraged that he would marry a Christian, when it’s his duty to marry a good Jewish woman. Because Jews go by the lineage of their mothers, not their fathers, they are upset that their children will not be “real Jews”, no matter what Minna tries to say or do to make it the whole thing fair to everyone. They cut him off, explain that he is dead to them and he never hears from them again. While he is upset his parents aren’t accepting of his choice, he doesn’t regret loving Minna, and they work hard the next year to make their store a success, and find that they are expecting.

First came Franz in 1859, named after their favorite composer Franz Shubert, then in 1961 Emil, a name shared by both of their grandfathers. Mr. Hoffmann sent letters telling his parents of each son’s birth, but received no reply and expected no visit, which did hurt him though it wasn’t unexpected. Despite his parent’s rejection, and Friedrich being on a different continent (that doesn’t stop him from sending gifts to the boys on their birthdays), the Hoffmann family was happy and proved that their love was stronger than everyone’s prejudice. After discussing how to raise the boys, Mr. Hoffmann insisted that they were raised Christian, as he felt it would make their life easier, but Minna assured that she would not let the boys forget that their father was Jewish, and if that they are free to make the choice as they grow up which they would rather be.

The nation becomes divided until ultimately a civil war breaks out, and because he finds the idea of slavery abhorrent and unable to stand by and watch injustice happen before his eyes, he joins the Union army. While Minna is scared to death he’ll die, she knows she has to be strong and admires him for his conviction. He’ll serve in the war for three years before he is killed in battle, and the news devastates Minna, who is now all alone. If it wasn’t bad enough that she lost husband, she was unable to say goodbye to him as he was buried with the other fallen soldiers in a hurry, and, because of a stipulation in the deed, it means the store and their apartment above now belonged to his parents, which meant they turned Minna and her boys out in the cold without a second thought.

Minna takes her boys to a small and broken down apartment, which was all she could afford, finds a job that pays very little, just enough to take care of her boys, sacrificing her own wellbeing to make sure they stay healthy. This comes back to bit her as she feels greatly ill, making her write to Friedrich, telling him of everything that has happened and expresses her wish that should she die, her boys should be raised by him in America, like their father died. Friedrich hurried over to America, and is with her for a month trying to take care of her before she passes away. Now, with two young boys in his charge and new to America, Friedrich must do what he can to raise them well, and finds luck in the Kirke’s boarding house, where not only does he find lodging that is significantly better than where his sister was living at previously, but they offered him a job as a tutor to help take care of them.

I'll admit, I wasn't expecting this outcome, but the more of the deep dive I did of history, this backstory just came to me naturally. What do you guys think?

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Perfetti per l'estate

Come di consueto, proponiamo agli affezionati lettori delle biblioteche milanesi la nostra rubrica di consigli di lettura, perfetti per l’estate!

Fonte: Pexels

La recente ristampa de Al paradiso delle signore di Zola è una ghiotta occasione per leggere un romanzo avvincente, tomo XI del ciclo dei Rougon-Macquart: un feuilleton di gran classe per gli appassionati di moda, scritto da un maestro nell’arte della descrizione (il tema è simile a quello de Il ventre di Parigi, ma concentrato sull’abbigliamento), “che esplora lucidamente l’universo femminile”, spaziando per tutti gli strati sociali della Parigi di metà Ottocento. Una lettura che analizza la nascita di un fenomeno moderno tuttora in espansione: il grande magazzino, oggi diventato centro commerciale (come in Il denaro si descriveva la bolla finanziaria del 1860, profetica di quelle dei nostri tempi). Non erano necessarie le parole di Gide (e di molti altri critici citati nella preziosa prefazione di Mario Lunetta) per rivalutare questo capolavoro. Iperbolico, lussureggiante, immaginifico.

A questo romanzo è vagamente ispirata la serie televisiva italiana trasmessa da Rai 1 dal 2015, ora diventata una vera e propria soap, ma ambientata tra gli anni cinquanta e sessanta a Milano, dove esistette davvero un negozio chiamato “Paradiso delle signore”.

Ironico (di un’ironia antifrastica), divertente, scorrevolissimo, Di chi è la colpa? fu pubblicato nel 1947 ed è l’unico romanzo dello scrittore russo Aleksandr Ivanoviĉ Herzen. Dimenticatevi Tolstoj e Dostoevskij, il suo stile ricorda piuttosto il Gogol’ fantasioso e stravagante dei racconti. Citiamo dalla prefazione di questa recente ristampa: «È strano che questo straordinario scrittore, in vita celebre personalità europea, stimato amico di Michelet, Mazzini, Garibaldi e Victor Hugo, a lungo venerato nel suo paese non solo come rivoluzionario, ma come uno dei più grandi uomini di lettere, sia tuttora poco più di un nome in Occidente. Il piacere che si ricava dalla sua lettura … rende ciò una strana e ingiustificata perdita». Sottoscriviamo in pieno.

È già in testa a tutte le classifiche la nuova avventura, attesa da ben sei anni dopo Il morso della reclusa, dell’ispettore Adamsberg, creato dall’abile penna della scrittrice francese Fred Vargas, questa volta in trasferta nella selvaggia Bretagna, il regno di Asterix e dei menhir. Sulla pietra è il decimo resoconto della serie dell’improbabile ispettore e le profonde conoscenze storiche dell’autrice si dispiegano felicemente in questo noir ricco di misteri e di legami con il passato.

Appena ripubblicato da Edizioni Capricorno nella collana Capolavori Ritrovati, L’altare del passato di Guido Gozzano ci consente di scoprire, se ancora non l’abbiamo fatto, la prosa del poeta di “Non amo che le rose che non colsi. Non amo che le cose che potevano essere e non sono state”. In questi undici racconti “riaffiorano tutti i temi cari al poeta - la malinconia, il rimpianto per il tempo che passa, i ricordi ingialliti, l’esitazione amorosa, l’indulgenza verso gli oggetti inutili”.

A cento anni dalla nascita dell’autore (New Orleans 1924 - Bel Air 1984) Garzanti ha appena ripubblicato Bare intagliate a mano: cronaca vera di un delitto americano (presente anche nella raccolta Musica per camaleonti), sorta di reportage esposto in forma narrativa di Truman Capote. Non potevamo aspettarci niente di meno dallo scrittore che, dieci anni prima della pubblicazione di questo giallo, in Sangue freddo (da cui nel 2005 è stato tratto un film con la strepitosa partecipazione di Philip Seymour Hoffman) aveva romanzato un fatto di cronaca che nell’America del 1959 aveva destato grande scalpore: lo sterminio di un’intera famiglia per un bottino di pochi dollari.

Anche questo thriller, per quanto incredibile possa sembrare la sua progettazione (e poi realizzazione), si ispira alla realtà, raccontata in forma di dialogo tra l’autore e l’investigatore incaricato delle indagini. Uno stile assolutamente inimitabile.

Ambientato in una Milano semideserta di metà agosto (il cadavere di una donna annegata viene recuperato nel Lambro) Le conseguenze del male di Gian Andrea Cerone è ormai un best seller. Avevamo già proposto questo autore nel post natalizio (I libri della renna) per un racconto contenuto nell’antologia Un lungo capodanno in noir, la cui protagonista, Marisa Bonacina, era la moglie del commissario Mandelli, che invece campeggia in questo thriller estivo da leggere tutto d’un fiato. Il numero di donne trovate annegate è decisamente troppo alto perché si tratti sempre di suicidi e, contestualmente, il commissario, costretto a interrompere le ferie, si trova a fare i conti con il passato. Un duplice percorso di indagine guidato da una scrittura che attanaglia l’attenzione del lettore per non abbandonarla più.

Il Saggiatore ha appena ripubblicato una raccolta dei racconti di un autore ingiustamente dimenticato, Guido Morselli, intitolata Gli ultimi eroi. “Gli ultimi eroi raccoglie per la prima volta tutti i racconti di Guido Morselli, narrazioni in cui, come solo nelle sue opere più alte, la sua invenzione si libera, dando vita a realtà alternative e a commoventi ritratti umani: da un Mussolini che si trasforma per amore in leader democratico all’incontro fra Pio XII e uno Stalin che vuole sostituirlo con un sosia; dall’ultima grottesca resistenza di un gruppo di soldati nazisti fuggiti da un manicomio a un comico tentativo di far finanziare agli americani l’Unità d’Italia. Fantasmagorie proiettate sul muro da una lanterna magica, la cui luce ci permette di osservare per una volta, una volta ancora, l’abbacinante talento di un maestro nascosto”. Da non perdere.

Se ancora non l’avete letto, vi consigliamo Zipper e suo padre, uno dei migliori romanzi di Joseph Roth. Ambientato durante gli anni della Grande guerra e della repubblica di Weimar, è incentrato sul tema universale dei rapporti familiari e questo ne fa un’opera sempre attuale. Dal padre frustrato che maltratta e umilia la moglie e il figlio primogenito, al protagonista (amico del narratore, rappresentato dallo scrittore stesso) Arnold che, dopo la partecipazione al conflitto, si isola diventando angolista, neologismo che indica la sua volontà di stare in disparte in qualsiasi circostanza sociale, la famiglia Zipper rappresenta il simbolo dei danni provocati dalla guerra. Il risultato è la formazione di una generazione di indifferenti (per citare le parole dell’autore), proprio come li descriveranno Gramsci, nell’articolo Odio gli indifferenti, e Moravia, nel suo capolavoro. Si gusta ogni singola pagina.

[sensedim1938]

PAKİSTANLI MÜSLÜMAN BİR BİLİM ADAMININ İLGİNÇ ARAŞTIRMASI..

Dünyada yalnızca 14 milyon Yahudi var;

~Amerika'da 7 milyon,

~Asya'da 5 milyon,

~Avrupa'da 2 milyon,

~Afrika'da 100 bin

Adet Musevi yaşıyor..

Soru: Pekiyi de kaç adet Müslüman İnsan var?

Cevap: 1,4 milyar Müslüman;

~1 milyar Asya,

~400 milyon Afrika,

~44 milyon Avrupa,

~6 milyon Amerika

Kıt'asında Yaşıyor.

👉Yâni Dünyada 1 Musevi’ye Karşın 100 Müslüman Var...

İyi ama Yahudiler Müslümanlardan niçin 100 kat daha güçlü ve daha zengin ve daha eğitimli ve daha mucitler?

Tarafsız ve Bilimsel Yollarla tespit edilmiş nedenlerini öğrenmek istiyorsanız lütfen okumayı sürdürün.

👉Tüm zamanların en etkin bilim adamı Albert EİNSTEİN bir Yahudiydi.

👉Psikanalizin babası Sigmund FREUD bir Yahudiydi.

👉Karl MARKS Yahudiydi.

Tüm İnsanlığa zenginlik ve sağlık katmış Yahudilere bakalım;

👉Benjamin Rubin insanlığa aşı iğnesini armağan etti.

👉Jonas Salk ilk çocuk felci aşısını geliştirdi.

👉Gertrude Elion lösemiye karşı ilaç buldu.

👉Baruch Blumberg Hepatit-B aşısını geliştirdi.

👉Paul Ehrlich frengiye karşı tedaviyi buldu.

👉Elie Metchnikoff bulaşıcı hastalıklarla ilgili buluşuyla Nobel ödülü kazandı.

👉Gregory Pincus ilk doğum kontrol hapını geliştirdi.

👉Bernard Katz nöromasküler iletişim kaslarla sinir sistemi arası iletişim alanında Nobel ödülü kazandı.

👉Andrew Schally endokrinoloji metabolik sistem rahatsızlıkları, diyabet, hipertiroid tedavilerinde kullanılan yöntemi geliştirdi.

👉Aaaron Beck Cognitive Terapi’yi akli bozuklukları, depresyon ve fobi tedavilerinde kullanılan psikoterapi yöntemini geliştirdi.

👉Gerald Wald insan gözü hakkındaki bilgilerimizi geliştirerek Nobel ödülü kazandı.

👉Stanley Cohen embriyoloji embriyon ve gelişimi çalışmaları dalında Nobel aldı.

👉Willem Kolff böbrek diyaliz makinesini yaptı.

👉Peter Schultz optik lif kabloyu, Charles Adler trafik ışıklarını,

👉Benno Strauss paslanmaz çeliği,

👉Isador Kisse sesli filmleri,

👉Emile Berliner telefon mikrofonunu,

👉Charles Ginsburg ilk bantlı video kayıt makinesini geliştirdi.

👉Stanley Mezor ilk mikro işlem çipini icat etti.

👉Leo Szilard ilk nükleer zincirleme reaktörünü geliştirdi.

Peki, ama;

~Son 100 Yıl içinde Yahudiler sadece Bilimsel alanda 104 Nobel Ödülü kazanırken,

~1.4 milyar Müslüman neden yalnızca 3 Nobel kazandı

Yahudiler niçin bu kadar yaratıcı ve neden bu kadar güçlüler? Yahudi inancına bağlı ve küresel çapta büyüyüp tanınmış şu yatırımcılara ve işadamlarına ve markalarına bakalım;

* Ralph Lauren (Polo),

* Levi Strauss (Levi's Jeans),

* Howard Schultz (Starbuck's),

* Sergei Brin (Google),

* Michael Dell (Dell Bilgisayarları),

* Larry Ellison (Oracle),

* Donna Karan (DKNY),

* Irv Robbins (Baskins & Robbins),

* Bill Rosenberg (Dunkin Doughnuts)

* Richard Levin (Yale Üniversitesi'nin kurucu başkanı).

Yahudi inancına bağlı ve küresel çapta büyüyüp tanınmış şu sanatçılara bakalım:

* Michael Douglas,

* Dustin Hoffman,

* Harrison Ford,

* Woody Allen,

* Tony Curtis,

* Charles Bronson,

* Sandra Bullock,

* Billy Crystal,

* Paul Newman,

* Peter Sellers,

* George Burns,

* Goldie Hawn,

* Cary Grant,

* William Shatner,

* Jerry Lewis,* Peter Falk...

Yönetmenler ve Yapımcılar arasındaki Yahudiler:

* Steven Spielberg,

* Mel Brooks,

* Oliver Stone,

* Aaaron Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210),

* Neil Simon (The Odd Couple),

* Andrew Vaina (Rambo 1 /2 / 3),

* Michael Mann (Starzky and Hutch),

* Milos Forman (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus),

* Douglas Fairbanks (TheThief of Baghdat),

* Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) ,

* Kohen Kardeşler,

* William Wyler.

* William James Sidis

Sorun kendinize;

250’lik IQ derecesiyle Dünyaya gelmiş en parlak insan hangi dine mensuptur?

Sorun kendinize;

Neden Yahudiler bu kadar güçlüdür?

Cevabı şudur;

Her çocuğa ve her gence kaliteli eğitim verirler...

Bu eğitim türü sorgulayıcı (teslimiyetçi değil), araştırıcı (ezberci değil) ve yaratıcıdır (bilgi üretmek/bulmak içindir)

[gaiahypothesims]

Emile Hoffman

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Birthdays 5.20

Beer Birthdays

John Adam Lemp (1798)

Louis de Luze Simonds (1852)

Eduard Buchner (1860)

Louis Hemrich (1872)

Lord "Benjie" Iveagh (1937)

Judy Ashworth (1942)

Oliver Hughes (1959)

David Walker (1964)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Emile Berliner; inventor of flat phonograph record (1851)

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole; Hawaiian singer (1959)

John Stuart Mill; English philosopher (1806)

Timothy Olyphant; actor (1968)

James Stewart; actor (1908)

Famous Birthdays

Danny Aiello; actor (1933)

Emile Berliner; German/US inventor (1851)

Cher; pop singer, writer (1946)

Joe Cocker; rock singer (1944)

Christopher Columbus; explorer (1451)

Mindy Cohn; actor (1966)

William Congreve; English inventor (1772)

Francis Cotes; English artist (1726)

Henri-Edmond Cross; French artist (1856)

Moshe Dayan; Israeli general (1915)

Honore de Balzac; French writer (1799)

Aleksandr Deyneka; Russian artist (1899)

Alfred Domett; English/NZ poet (1811)

Patrick Ewing Jr.; basketball player (1984)

William Fargo; banker (1818)

Gardner Fox; author (1911)

George Gobel; comedian (1919)

Tony Goldwyn; actor (1960)

John M. Harlan; US Supreme Court justice (1899)

William Hewlett; H-P Founder (1913)

Nick Heywood; UK pop singer, guitarist (1961)

Guy Hoffman; rock musician (1954)

Levinus Lemnius; Dutch writer (1505)

Shorty Long; musician (1940)

Dolley Madison; first lady of James Madison (1768)

Hector Malot; French author (1830)

Hans Meerwein; German chemist (1879)

R.J. Mitchell; English engineer (1895)

Bobby Murcer; baseball player (1946)

Sumitranandan Pant; Indian poet (1900)

Bronson Pinchot; actor (1959)

Busta Rhymes; rapper (1972)

Michele Roberts; UK author (1949)

Louis Smith; jazz trumpeter (1931)

Tony Stewart; automobile racer (1971)

Jewel Styles; pornstar (1988)

Dave Thomas; Canadian comedian, actor (1949)

William Thornton; architect (1759)

David Wells; baseball player (1963)

Jane Wiedlin; pop singer (1958)

Anthony Zerbe; actor (1936)

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For memorial day, I want to remember my veterans (the veterans I researched). I'm going to put their names and one fact that stuck with me below.

Arthur Clifford Kimber - He named all three of the planes he flew after his best friend Nick.

Hiram Baker Fisher J.r - He died two days before being comissioned.

Fritz Barkan J.r. - He left behind a wife named Elizabeth Reynolds.

William M. Bassett - He was a theater techie, and had a patent for a dolly system.

Howard D. Benson - He was an athlete and part of the student government.

Jack W. Bleasdale - He did theater in highschool. He died in a POW camp, leaving behind a wife named Ellaoise.

Russell V. Braga - The last news his family received was from his friend saying they had been separated during battle in Iwo Jima.

Julian G. Burnette J.r. - He was only 22 when he died.

Samuel L. Carson - He wrote home on the day he died that his orders to come home had finally come through.

Bernard J. Casaurang - He was president of the high school glee club and worked as an actor.

William A. Cashin - He died while in pilot training.

Harvey B. Clarke - He was a cheerleader, star athlete, and popular guy in highschool. He worked as a figher fighter.

Deane P. Clementson - His plane had been damaged on a past mission. Nevertheless he and his crew accepted another mission, which would be his last.

Frederick B. Cooley - He did boxing.

George B. Culiver - He was killed at Anzio. I don't have much information on him, which saddens me.

Norman B. Dahlin - He worked as a medical administrative corps officer before joining the airforce.

J.R. (Frank) Dally - He graduated in 1944. I don't have much information on him either.

Albert D. Davies - He fought in India and Africa. He was killed in a transport plane crash in the US after coming home.

Morian C. Deal - He worked as a butcher with his father at their family butchery.

Phillip S. Doty - He died of severe burns. He suffered for several months before dying.

Henry Howard Estes - He was listed as missing before being declared KIA

Glen D. Faris - He was part of the royal canadian air force. He was only 19 when he died.

James R. Field - He died as a POW of preventable illnesses.

John D. Fredericks III - He was a huge part of highschool student government. He was killed by machine gun fire.

George E. Fuchs - He was a star football player in high school. He had a really nice smile.

Thomas D. Gorman - Notice of his death arrived only a few days after both his brother and father were released from the military.

Robert W. Griggs J.r. - He was part of an acapella group and worked as an actor.

William R. Gunther - He was a star basketball player.

Alvin W. Harroun - He went to Stanford University and was part of Delta Upsilon fraternity.

Bryson R. Hills - His plane was called ‘The Flaming Mayme’.

Michael K. Hite - He was part of the marines. I know very little about him.

Robert C. Hoffman - I don't know anything about Robert besides his name. I wish I knew more.

Theodore B. Holmes - He had a daughter named Carolyn who was almost two when he died.

William H. Houston - He worked as a medic in the airforce.

Jack E. Howell - He wanted to be a pediatrician.

Paul H. Jungermann - He was a physical therapist and managed two floors of the hospital he worked in.

Donald A. Kelly - He worked with amphibious vehicles (ducks). He was killed in a car crash.

Lowell F. Kuehnle - He was listed as missing in action before being declared KIA.

Emil H. Kunz - He was an aviation teacher.

Wilbur C. Lauridsen - He was part of the Palo Alto amatauer radio association, and they still celebrate his life.

Adelbert (Jack) Lawrence - He played basketball and was in the glee club.

Norton Le Goullon - He had four siblings.

Sidney Levy Jr. - He was a Sea Scout and an air raid messenger.

Andrew E. Lincoln - He was a sea scout. He was only 18 when he died.

William L. Longmire - He was a POW and died of preventable illnesses.

Herbert C. Love - He was killed in Normandy after D-Day.

Louis M. Love - He was a thespian. He was ranked number one in an aviation class of 2500 cadets.

Wendell H. Marlowe - He was killed on Christmas.

Phil E. Mattingly - His family held out hope for years that he was still alive despite being MIA. He was declared dead in 1946.

Virginia Ruth Mayer - Her mother worked as a nurse during WWI, and Virginia followed in her footsteps.

Robert V. Mitchell - I don't know much about his life. In his photos, he looks kind.

William H. Moody - He went by Howie.

Eugene L. Morgan - He has the same birthday as me. He was born 7/17/1917

Hugh H. Morris - He was a swimmer.

Karl E. Miller - He died of dysentery as a POW.

William C. Muldoon - He was executed with his crew when they crashed in enemy territory.

Margaret N. Neubauer - She was born in Santiago, Chile

David J. Nolan - He worked as an actor.

Charles A. Norby - His plane was called ‘Shack Rat’. He was murdered in cold blood by a Nazi soldier after he became a German POW.

Frederick H. Palmer - His plane was named the ‘Wing Dinger’.

Harold H. Piggott - He was popular in highschool and had the affectionate nickname 'Piggy'.

Durham W. Porter Jr. - He was a boy scout.

Forrest Wayne Reeves Jr - He was a civilian construction worker on a military base when he was killed.

Robert H. Reeves - When he died, he left behind a 13 month old son.

Alfred J. Siverstein - He majored in art during college. He went by the nickname 'Bud'.

Robert E. Slater - He was on the USS Bonefish, a submarine which still has not been found.

Carl W. Stuke Jr. - He lived in Chile for a while.

Donald J. Stuke - He is buried next to his brother Carl.

Lyle A. Taggart - In high school, He was voted most popular guy in 1939, as well as best dancer (boy).

James F. Taylor - I know nothing about him besides his name. I hope his family remembers him.

Arthur D. Wagner - He was a mathematics major in college.

Andrew G. Webb - He was an actor and a star basketball player in high school.

Howard C. Weller - He was part of his high school choir, and came back to sing with them while he was on military leave.

John Austin Widsteen - His body was not identified and he was not formerly buried until six decades after his death.

Frederick M. Yamamoto - He was so loved and respected. He was smart, dedicated, and died fighting for a country that didn't fight for him.

Albert T. Lavers Jr. - When he died, he left behind a 3 year old daughter named Suzanne.

Marcus Paul Merner - He played guitar.

William Henry Suffern Jr. -  He graduated from Paly in 1947.

Brian Adam - He was an artist.

Billie M. Bedsworth - He lost his life saving his friend. The comments on his memorial page show that he was so loved.

Arthur F. Gleim Jr. - He was part of the sound crew, audio visual club, and audio visual crew in high school.

Roger C. Hallberg - His family is still looking for closure to this day. He was last seen wearing a wrist watch and his wedding ring.

Barry ‘Buck’ Dean Kingman - He was a stand up guy. Everyone I've spoken to about him adored him. He could have done so much if his life wasn't taken during a war he didn't believe him.

Richard Arlan Stone - He was killed when he stayed behind to protect wounded soldiers.

Thomas L. Vendelin - He wanted to be the greatest drummer the world had ever seen.

If you'd like to read more about any of these people, feel free to read the (unedited) book!

[desn512-alexalansang]

specifying 'discombobulated'

In the formative feedback, David suggested for me to change the text to describe my Aoteroa experience more specifically.

Posters with new text:

I included phrases:

"Lost in translation"

"Too whitewashed to be filipino"

"A collision of two worlds"

I brainstormed phrases that relate to my experience:

adpatation and forgetting.

as i have grown up in nz for majority of my life, I found it difficult learning about two cultures, my own and new zealands. It was confusing when words said by my family were different to the words said by my peers at school, or when a word I thought in my familys language wasnt known to my friends.

2. an emersion of two worlds

specifically describes what is discombobulating.

3. forgetting to be able to adapt

For me, I think growing up in NZ has caused me to lose touch of my cultural identity, due to different worlds between home and outside. Naturally I found myself being more western-like than filipino to be able to fit in with my peers around me.

4. too whitewashed to be filipino

it was confusing for me when speaking about my own culture to other filipinos in nz. I always thought that i wasnt filipino enough to be called filipino becuase of different experiences/responses that they would say. This has caused me to ponder my belonging to my own culture.

5. where do I belong?

6. who am I?

Recently I exprienced a difference in beliefs from myself and my elders within my family. This really opened my eyes that I was never taught much of these beliefs growing up in NZ. I think this was because for those in my family who grew up in Philippines there was no need to teach them because they were already emmersed in a life which was enriched by these ideas. But for me, I grew up in NZ becoming grown into this environment, but because these beliefs were natural for them perhaps, they thought it would come naturally for me. This was a confusing experience for me.

I also researched some for quotes, sayings that could relate to my experience.

"What attracts me is elsewhere, and I don't know where elsewhere is". - Emil M. Cioran, The Trouble with Being Born.

"I felt like I was living two lives. One in the present and one in the past." - Eva Hoffman, Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language.

"lost in translation" . idiom

Out of these phrases, I think "lost in translation" best suits my experience because it relates toysefl losing touch of my own culture while growing up in NZ.

[stuartelden]

Books received - Martin, Specter, Trubetzkoy, Hoffman, Strauss (and Kojève), Lincoln

A photograph of the books described in the post A collection of essays on Emile Benveniste; Matthew Specter, Habermas: An Intellectual Biography; Nicolai Trubetzkoy, The Legacy of Genghis Khan and Other Essays on Russia’s Identity; Marcelo Hoffman’s Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity; Leo Strauss, On Tyranny, which also includes his correspondence with Alexandre Kojève;…

[aykutilter]

Test 1 Tipografi ile ilgili temel kavramlar Aykut ilter  Tipografi Aykut ilter 0532 322 2351 1. TİPOGRAFİ İLE İLGİLİ TEMEL KAVRAMLAR YazdırTüm Cevapları GizleMateryal Listesine Dön ________________________________________ Soru 1: Gutenberg’in geliştirdiği hareketli hurufat sistemi baskı dizgesi olarak hangi baskı yöntemi türüdür? (Çoktan Seçmeli) Düz baskı Çukur baskı ✔ Yüksek baskı İpek baskı Gravür baskı Cevap : Yüksek baskı ________________________________________ Soru 2: “Modern GraphicTerminology” adlı çalışmasında Keith A. Aldag “okunurluk ve işlev çabasına görsel etkiler üretmeksizin” diyerek, tipografinin hangi yönünün altını çizer? (Çoktan Seçmeli) Sanat ve Tasarım yönü Dizgi ve baskı yönü Yazılım ve donanım yönü İlkeler ve kurallar yönü ✔ Teknik ve zanaat yönü Cevap : Teknik ve zanaat yönü ________________________________________ Soru 3: “Tipografi, basılı sözcük vasıtasıyla iletişim tasarımının sanatı ve zanaatidir.” diyen tipografi araştırmacısı ve yazar kimdir? (Çoktan Seçmeli) Keith A. Aldag ✔ Ruari McLean Warren Chappel Emil Ruder Jan Tschichold Cevap : Ruari McLean ________________________________________ Soru 4: “The Manual of Typographic Design” adlı eserinde“tipografi ve tasarım neredeyse eş anlamlıdır” diyen Emil Ruder hangi tasarım eğiliminin temsilcisidir? (Çoktan Seçmeli) Futurizm Konstrüktivizm Yeni Tipografi ✔ Uluslararası Biçem Kubizm Cevap : Uluslararası Biçem ________________________________________ Soru 5: Tipografi terimi“type” ve “graphy” sözcüklerinden meydana gelmektedir. Buna göre “type” sözcüğü hangi anlamda kullanılmaktadır? (Çoktan Seçmeli) ✔ Metal harf Harf çizimi Harfleme Harf türü Yazı sanatı Cevap : Metal harf ________________________________________ Soru 6: “A Short History of the Printed Word” adlı kitabında tipografinin ne demek olduğu hakkındaki açıklamasıyla araştırmacı, yazar ve yazı tasarımcısıWarren Chappell 500 yıllık klasik basımcılık çağında tipografinin hangi özelliğini vurgulamaktadır? (Çoktan Seçmeli) ✔ Teknik ve zanaat Yaratım ve üretim Teorik ve kavramsal Renk ve baskı Doku ve düzenleme Cevap : Teknik ve zanaat ________________________________________ Soru 7: Tipografinin artık harflerin sadece sözcüklerde, satırlarda ve sayfalarda düzenlenmesi değil, bundan böyle bir tasarım tavrı ve sorunu olduğunu ileri süren “Yeni Tipografi” hareketinin hem araştırmacı hem de yazı tasarımcısı olan teorisyeni kimdir? (Çoktan Seçmeli) Emil Ruder ✔ Jan Tschichold Warren Chappell Armin Hoffman Herbert Lubalin Cevap : Jan Tschichold ________________________________________ Soru 8: 18. Yüzyıl’ın sonuna doğru geliştirilen ‘Bodoni’ ve ‘Didot�� yazı karakterleri 19. Yüzyıl başında daha da kalınlaştırılarak yeni bir yazı sınıflaması türüne dönüşür. Bu yazı sınıflaması hangisidir? (Çoktan Seçmeli) Venedik Eski Biçemi Hurufatlar Geçiş Dönemi Hurufatları Çağdaş Hurufatlar ✔ Fatface Modern Hurufatlar Kare Sonlanmış Hurufatlar Cevap : Fatface Modern Hurufatlar ________________________________________ Soru 9: 2. Dünya Savaşı sonrası logotayp, yazı karakteri, dergi ve süreli yayın çalışmalarıyla tanınan önemli Amerikalı tasarımcı kimdir? (Çoktan Seçmeli) Emil Ruder Jan Tschichold ✔ Herbert Lubalin Giambattista Bodoni Warren Chappell Cevap : Herbert Lubalin ________________________________________ Soru 10: Foto-dizgi ve foto-düzenleme sistemlerinin tipografik tasarım olasılıklarını kendi geometrik ve yapısal özelliklerinde barındırdığı ileri sürülen yazı karakteri hangisidir? (Çoktan Seçmeli) ‘Texture’ ‘Jenson’ ‘Bodoni’ ‘Sabon’ ✔ ‘Avant Garde’ Cevap : ‘Avant Garde’

[soylazaro]

Xiaomi I Ideas from Emile Rafael on Vimeo.

Director: Emile Rafael (@helloemile) Producer: Mojas Perovic (@mojasmojasmojas) Production Company: Stink Executive Producers: Klara Kralickova (@klaruse), Desmond Loh (@desmondlhb) Director of Photography: David Hoffman (@hofmann__david) Creative Supervisor: Atila Martins (@atilamartinsl) Production Manager: Klára Plechsson (@plechsson) Production Designers: Top Service (@top__services) First Assistant Director: Petr Heinrich Starring: Sebastien Siegenthaler (@ siegenthaler), Ana Pribi (@pribiana) Editors: Jakub Jelinek, Brendan Jenkins (@jumpkins) VFX Supervisor: Mario Dubec (@maxtorag) VFX by: UPP (@upp_advertising) Post - Producer: Kristýna Řádková Music by: Benjamin Gordon (@benjamingordon__) at All Good Folks (@allgoodfolks) Sound Design: Martin Blauber (@martinblauber) at Napa Records (@naparecords) Grade: Pete Oppersdorff (@peter_oppersdorff_colour) at MPC (@ movingpicturecompany) Color Producer: Leianna Campbell (@leiannacampbell) Make-up: Filip Kuneš Wardrobe: Martin Polák (@martinpolak_) Location Manager: Ondrej Novak, Ondřej Křůpala Focus Puller: Jan Hofmann Stedicam: Filip Rybář (@apathoflight) Second AC: Jáchym Kocman (@jachymkocman) VTR: Hosheen Al Rashy DIT: Matej Pastrnek Technical Support: Jakub Hrabánek Gaffer: Alex Bareš (@alexbares) Grip: Petr Macál Script: Pavla Šubertová Art Department: Vojta Kálecký Props on Set: Martin Tlamicha BTS Photography: Stefano Marotta (@stefano.marotta.ph) Extras Coordinator: Roman Klimeš Transport: Adel Kokešová Production PA: Kristýna Rousková (@kykyna_rouskova)

[organisationskoval]

591) Jungdeutsche Partei in Polen, JDP, Partia Młodoniemiecka w Polsce, Young German Party in Poland - założona w 1931 r. w Bielsku, narodowosocjalistyczna partia mniejszości niemieckiej działająca w granicach II Rzeczypospolitej. Działała w latach 1931-1939. W połowie lat 30. XX wieku liczyła w Polsce tysiące członków. Partia miała swoje korzenie w założonym w roku 1921 w Bielsku na Śląsku Cieszyńskim, Niemieckim Związku Narodowo-Socjalistycznym dla Polski. Od roku 1930 zmieniła nazwę na Partia Młodoniemiecka w Polsce, dążąc jednocześnie do rozszerzenia swoich wpływów na całą mniejszość niemiecką zamieszkałą na terenie II RP. Celem partii była monopolizacja sceny politycznej w środowisku Niemców zamieszkałych w Polsce i w tym celu zwalczała ona inne niemieckie organizacje i partie, starając się je wchłonąć. Przywódcą partii był Rudolf Wiesner, którego organizacja kreowała na führera wszystkich Niemców mieszkających w przedwojennej Polsce. Oprócz Wiesnera innymi znanymi działaczami partii byli Theodor Bierschenk oraz O. Drozd. Partia młodoniemiecka w Polsce jednak ostro rywalizowała z inną niemiecką organizacją, Deutsche Vereinigung (DV). Oprócz JDP na terenie Polski działała również inna narodowosocjalistyczna organizacja – Landesgruppe Polen der NSDAP – wydająca gazetę „Idee und Wille”. W połowie lat 30. JDP stała się główną ogólnokrajową prohitlerowską partią polityczną mniejszości niemieckiej w Polsce opartą na ideologii narodowego socjalizmu. Stanowiła „polską odmianę NSDAP” zarówno pod względem programowym, jak i metod działania. Organizacyjnie JDP, podobnie jak inne niemieckie organizacje w przedwojennej Polsce, podlegała Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle zwanej w skrócie VoMI kierowanej przez obergruppenführera SS Wernera Lorenza. Członkowie JDP nosili uniformy ze swastyką, organizowali zloty i pochody. Prowadzili agresywną i niewybredną propagandę antypolską, tworzyli własne bojówki i oddziały szturmowe, które prowokowały bójki oraz stosowały zastraszanie przeciwników. W latach 1938–1939 partia wysuwała żądania autonomii dla Niemców w granicach II RP. W maju 1939 r. kierownik partii Rudolf Wiesner przy wsparciu dwóch kapitanów Wehrmachtu z Wrocławia: kpt. Flecka oraz kpt. Funka zainicjował tworzenie tzw. Freikorps der Gewerkschaft Deutscher Arbeiter (Korpus Ochotniczy Związku Zawodowego Niemieckich Robotników). Utworzyli oni z członków mniejszości niemieckiej zamieszkałej na terenie Śląska trzy oddziały Freikorpsu: w Bielsku – Ortsgruppe Bielitz, w Katowicach – Ortsgruppe Kattowitz i w Rybniku – Ortsgruppe Rybnik. Z dokumentów niemieckich odnalezionych przez Andrzeja Szefera w archiwum w Opawie wynika, że ponad połowę osób wcielonych do Freikorpsu stanowili członkowie partii JDP. Celem Freikorpsu przed atakiem na Polskę było gromadzenie broni i prowadzenie szkolenia wojskowego oraz sabotaż i organizowanie akcji prowokacyjnych. W trakcie wojny Freikorps miał za zadanie zabezpieczać przed zniszczeniem ważne obiekty przemysłowe, drogi i mosty oraz prowadzić partyzantkę wymierzoną w Wojsko Polskie. Po decyzji, która zapadła między 8 a 10 września 1939 roku w Berlinie, o utworzeniu z członków mniejszości niemieckiej w Polsce paramilitarnej organizacji Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz, freikorpsy weszły w jej skład. Organizacja wydawała szereg gazet:

„Das Freie Wort” – Bielsko

„Der Aufbruch” – początkowo wydawane w Bielsku a później w Katowicach

„Völkischer Anzeiger” – Łódź.

Partia Młodoniemiecka miała w II RP szereg oddziałów:

Pomorze – pełnomocnikiem partii na teren Pomorza była Berta Spitzer z Młotkowa

Obwód w Bielsku i Białej – komisarz obwodowy Rudolf Wiesner

Obwód w Lesznie – Artur Krämer

Obwód we Włoszakowicach – komisarz obwodowy Heinz Hoffman

Obwód w Pabianicach – komisarz obwodowy Emil Schmidt.

[joandfriedrich]

Do you have any headcanons of their sons and nephews?

I have a few for the Modern AU, I don't know if that is what you wanted but I wanted to share them.

Felix (Franz) and Ezra (Emil)

Felix and Ezra had been wards to Friedrich ever since they were babies, Ezra being born only a week and Felix when he was shy of turning two. Their parents die a week between each other, and they had no memories of their parents, and even had mistakenly called Friedrich “dad”, while Friedrich does everything he can to keep the memory of their parents alive in any way he can.

Celebrating Father’s day and Mother’s day the same way, with Friedrich sharing stories, pictures and even home videos of their parents and going to their graves to pay respect. But, both Felix and Ezra make sure to let Friedrich know how much they love and appreciate him as a surrogate father and Friedrich is always touched.

Felix is more quiet and nerdy compared to the goofy and outgoing Ezra, but they are both bright and mature boys, always ready to help their cousins, Kitty and Minnie, and they look up to Friedrich thinking he is one of the best men they have ever known. 

They call him Uncle Fritz, a nickname that only Minna had called him, and he was happy to hear them call him that, as if it was like hearing his sister again. He also taught them German in order to remain close to their roots, and it was always helpful whenever they wanted to talk in front of people without anyone knowing. 

He never tries to force the boys into anything they are not interested and allowed them to play with “girl” toys and dresses. Felix and Ezra played with baby dolls but only Ezra wore the dresses, which prompted many parents go up to Friedrich to say what he was doing is wrong. He’s always quip back that kids should be allowed to wear and play with whatever makes them happy.

Ezra had been questioning himself, feeling uncertain what he feels about his identity/sexuality, and feeling pressure from others to either conform or to figure what he is. Felix and Friedrich are his biggest supporters, to the point where Felix even got into a fight with another kid who was bullying him, and Friedrich, who’s not really confrontational, defended his nephew with all his might, which was the only time the boys had ever seen him be angry, but they were also incredibly impressed.

Once Jo came around, Felix is 15, shy of 16, and Ezra is 14, and they know instantly that something is happening between them, and they do what they can to help them along, suggesting they go to this play, or check out this café. No one is more happy to hear them getting engaged and have no problem calling her Aunt Jo.

The boys found a stray puppy, a German Shepherd, and took him home to try and clean him up. When Jo and Friedrich come home, they are surprised and uncertain if they wanted to add a puppy to their family, but the boys were so insistent and the puppy was too cute, they couldn’t resist. He was named Teddy, after her friend and due to his teddy bear looks, and was the best pet they ever had.

Robert and William (Theodore)

In my modern au, their youngest son is called William because the name was sort of ruined for me when I read a fanfic of Jo calling him Theodore because Laurie was the real father, and Friedrich kind of knowing and being sad but happy? It was weird, sad and totally out of character for everyone. That fic haunts me to this day and I wish I could have unread it.

Rob gets his name from his maternal grandfather, Robert March, and Will is named after his paternal grandfather, Wilhelm, who died when Friedrich was a boy. Details of Wilhelm can be found in the post “Modern Friedrich Timeline”. Which knowing their personalities, it makes total sense.

Rob is more like his father and Aunt Beth, gentle and thoughtful, but has a mischievous streak. Will gets his father’s sunny temperament and his mother’s lively spirit, laughing out loud at three months old, often compared to a young Jo. There are times that Jo looks at them together and thinks how they remind her of Beth and she when they were young.

Friedrich had experience with raising boys, and knows the ins and outs, while Jo, who had only been around girls, was worried she’d have a harder time, but with time, she felt herself becoming at ease with being surrounded by boys. People ask her if she ever regretted not having a girl or would try again for one, but Jo is more than happy with her pair and never regrets being the lone girl among boys.

Just as he did with his nephews, Friedrich would teach his sons to speak German, and Will would really cause mischief by saying some naughty things in front of people, making his family blush and suppress a laugh, with a talking afterwards alone, only to be caught by someone who knows German and his face would get so red you’d think he’d turn into a tomato.

Felix and Ezra are so hands on with the boys that Rob and Will see them as their older brothers and were very disappointed when they found out they were cousins. Even though they live in New York City, the boys always react seeing their cousins who still live in Concord as if they were meeting lifelong friends. 

Will came up with the nickname of “Professor Rob” due to him being practically a mini version of their father, which trickled down to everyone else in the family. “Wild Will” was given to him by pretty much everyone since he has such a wild energy about him, but everyone agrees that though he is wild, he uses his energy for good.

Rob is that kid who read like 150 books during one school year and gets an award for it, while Will is that kid who dominates sports, and continues on through earning scholarships. Rob would grow up to either being a professor, like his father, or a journalist. Will would enter the sports world, I imagine him doing well in hockey and even getting into the NHL. But no matter how different they are, they are each others best friend.

Hope these were something you wanted or at least somewhat. This was fun and I am sorry it took me a long time to get to this, but personal stuff got in the way and I just want to say thank you for your patience.

[screamscenepodcast]

Your dedicated hosts travel back to 1926 for F.W. Murnau's FAUST - EIN DEUTSCHE VOLKSSAGE, translated as FAUST - A GERMAN FOLKTALE!

We cover the many iterations of Faust: The man, the myth, the legend.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 59:20; Discussion 1:17:36; Ranking 1:44:39

[kalbimdesirensesleri]

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[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 5.20

Beer Birthdays

John Adam Lemp (1798)

Louis de Luze Simonds (1852)

Eduard Buchner (1860)

Louis Hemrich (1872)

Lord "Benjie" Iveagh (1937)

Judy Ashworth (1942)

Oliver Hughes (1959)

David Walker (1964)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Emile Berliner; inventor of flat phonograph record (1851)

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole; Hawaiian singer (1959)

John Stuart Mill; English philosopher (1806)

Timothy Olyphant; actor (1968)

James Stewart; actor (1908)

Famous Birthdays

Danny Aiello; actor (1933)

Emile Berliner; German/US inventor (1851)

Cher; pop singer, writer (1946)

Joe Cocker; rock singer (1944)

Christopher Columbus; explorer (1451)

Mindy Cohn; actor (1966)

William Congreve; English inventor (1772)

Francis Cotes; English artist (1726)

Henri-Edmond Cross; French artist (1856)

Moshe Dayan; Israeli general (1915)

Honore de Balzac; French writer (1799)

Aleksandr Deyneka; Russian artist (1899)

Alfred Domett; English/NZ poet (1811)

Patrick Ewing Jr.; basketball player (1984)

William Fargo; banker (1818)

Gardner Fox; author (1911)

George Gobel; comedian (1919)

Tony Goldwyn; actor (1960)

John M. Harlan; US Supreme Court justice (1899)

William Hewlett; H-P Founder (1913)

Nick Heywood; UK pop singer, guitarist (1961)

Guy Hoffman; rock musician (1954)

Levinus Lemnius; Dutch writer (1505)

Shorty Long; musician (1940)

Dolley Madison; first lady of James Madison (1768)

Hector Malot; French author (1830)

Hans Meerwein; German chemist (1879)

R.J. Mitchell; English engineer (1895)

Bobby Murcer; baseball player (1946)

Sumitranandan Pant; Indian poet (1900)

Bronson Pinchot; actor (1959)

Busta Rhymes; rapper (1972)

Michele Roberts; UK author (1949)

Louis Smith; jazz trumpeter (1931)

Tony Stewart; automobile racer (1971)

Jewel Styles; pornstar (1988)

Dave Thomas; Canadian comedian, actor (1949)

William Thornton; architect (1759)

David Wells; baseball player (1963)

Jane Wiedlin; pop singer (1958)

Anthony Zerbe; actor (1936)