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Irene Runge
Irene Runge (born Irene Kuperman, 3 November 1942 in New York City) is an American-German-Jewish Sociology, sociologist, writer and commentator. Family provenance and early years Irene Runge was born in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. Her German born father, Alexander Kupfermann (1901-1994) ran a book and picture shop in Times Square, down in the subway station, also working as a translator and journalist under the pseudonym Georg Friedrich Alexan. He had emigrated to Paris in 1931 as the political skies darkened in Germany, and he had relocated again, to the USA in December 1937, anticipating the return to Second World War, war in Europe which followed two years later. He had married Irene's mother, Maria Krotz in 1937. She had converted to Judaism ahead of their marriage which had taken place in Palestine (region), Palestine, and although her parents were not strictly religious in their habits, awareness of her Jewishness has been a strong theme in her life. East Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is named for Fort Washington (Manhattan), Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the Bennett Park (New York City), highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Washington Heights is bordered by Inwood, Manhattan, Inwood to the north along Dyckman Street, by Harlem to the south along 155th Street (Manhattan), 155th Street, by the Harlem River and Coogan's Bluff to the east, and by the Hudson River to the west. Washington Heights, which before the 20th century was sparsely populated by luxurious mansions and single-family homes, rapidly developed during the early 1900s as it became connected to the rest of Manhattan via the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, Broadway–Seventh Avenue and IND Eighth Avenue Line, Eighth Avenue lines of the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
