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Paula Jordan
Paula Jordan (née Frank; 17 May 1889 – 25 November 1941) was a German Jewish art dealer who was murdered in the Holocaust. Life and death Paula Frank was born in Steinach an der Saale as daughter of the Jewish merchant Lazarus Frank. During World War I she served as a nurse. On 16 December 1921 she married Siegfried Jordan (born on 18 July 1889), the son of a Munich cattle trader. On 5 October 1923 Peter, the only son of the couple, was born. For two decades, the couple owned an art gallery in Prinzregentenstraße 2, across the street from the Haus der Kunst. They exhibited and sold works of arts across Germany, mainly in spas like Bad Kissingen or beach resorts like Norderney. In 1925, the family moved into their apartment in Mauerkircherstraße 13 ( Herzogpark). The so-called '' Reichskristallnacht'' changed their life fundamentally. Siegfried Jordan was arrested and kept interned for some days in the Dachau concentration camp, the furniture from their apartment was con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Bocklet
Bad Bocklet () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen (district), Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany. It is a market town and a health spa. Geography Bad Bocklet lies in a bend in the river Fränkische Saale in Franconia about 10 km north of the district capital Bad Kissingen. On the northside, the municipality borders on the district of Rhön-Grabfeld. Divisions of the municipality The municipality is divided into the following towns: *Bad Bocklet *Aschach *Großenbrach *Hohn *Nickersfelden *Steinach an der Saale *Roth an der Saale History Bocklet is first documented in 1122 in the records of the monastery at Aura an der Saale. With German mediatization, secularization of the government in 1803, the territory of the present municipality became part of Bavaria. In the Treaty of Pressburg (1805), Treaty of Pressburg between France and Austria in 1805, the lands of the Bishop of Würzburg were given to Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tusc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planning Region, Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 847,162 (as of 2025). The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava (river), Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201, and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 Riga summit, 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, and the 2006 IIHF Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Deaths
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Aktion T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Mayerling incident: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder-suicide) at the Mayerling hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This metropolitan area, Germany's largest, is also the second largest in the European Union by GDP, with over 11 million residents. Bonn served as the capital of West Germany from 1949 until 1990 and was the seat of government for reunified Germany until 1999, when the government relocated to Berlin. The city holds historical significance as the birthplace of Germany's current constitution, the Basic Law. Founded in the 1st century BC as a settlement of the Ubii and later part of the Roman province Germania Inferior, Bonn is among Germany's oldest cities. It was the capital city of the Electorate of Cologne from 1597 to 1794 and served as the residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. The period during which Bonn was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haus Der Geschichte
Haus der Geschichte (officially ''Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', i.e. "House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany") is a museum of contemporary history in Bonn, Germany. With around one million visitors every year, it is one of the most popular German museums. The Haus der Geschichte is part of the ''Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Foundation'', alongside the " Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig", the " Tränenpalast" at Berlin Friedrichstraße station and the " Museum in the Kulturbrauerei". The foundation's headquarters is in Bonn. In its permanent exhibition, the Haus der Geschichte presents German history from 1945 until the present. Numerous temporary exhibitions emphasize different features. The Haus der Geschichte also organizes guided tours of the Palais Schaumburg (has been closed since August 2013 because of building restoration), the Chancellor's bungalow and the former place of the Federal Assembly. Moreover, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Führerbau
The Führerbau ("the Führer's building") is a historically significant building at Arcisstrasse 12 in Maxvorstadt, Munich. It was built between 1933 and 1937, during the Nazi Germany, Nazi period, and used extensively by Adolf Hitler. Unlike many other buildings associated with the Nazis, it still stands today and currently houses the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (). Construction and architecture Plans for the building were first drawn up in 1931, by architect Paul Ludwig Troost, Hitler's then-favorite architect. It was constructed from 1933 to 1937, part of a major remodeling of the Königsplatz, Munich, Königsplatz, which included two Nazi temples in neo-Classical style that "enshrined" the remains of the 15 Nazis killed in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. After Troost died in 1934, Leonhard Gall continued the building. The Führerbau was constructed north of the Brienner Strasse. A nearly identical building was also constructed south of the Brienner Strasse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jordan (Holocaust Survivor) , originally their roadie
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Peter Jordan may refer to: * Peter Jordan (agronomist) (1751–1827), Austrian agronomist * Peter Jordan (presenter), Canadian television presenter * Peter Jordan (actor) (born 1967), German film actor * Peter G. Jordan, president of Tarrant County College * Peter Jordan, occasional substitute (and later full time) bass player with the New York Dolls New York Dolls were an American rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1971. Along with the Velvet Underground, the MC5, and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes. Although the band never achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunter Demnig
Gunter Demnig (born 27 October 1947) is a German artist. He is best known for his ''Stolperstein'' ("stumbling block") memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani people, Romani and the disabled. The project places engraved brass stones in front of a former residence for a Holocaust victim who was deported and murdered by Nazi Germany. The memorial effort began in Germany and has since spread, with more than 100,000 stones placed across 26 countries in Europe. Biography Gunter Demnig was born in Berlin. He grew up in Nauen and Berlin and completed high school acquiring his ''abitur'' in 1967. Later that year, he began studying creative education at Berlin University of the Arts with Professor Herbert Kaufmann. From 1969 to 1970, he studied industrial design there. In 1971, he transferred to the ''Kunsthochschule Kassel'', resuming his study of creative education and passed the first state examination in 1974. That same year, he began stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolpersteine
A (; plural ) is a concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literal translation, Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'. The project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate persons at the last place that they chose freely to reside, work or study (with exceptions possible on a case-by-case basis) before they fell victim to Nazi terror, Aktion T4, forced euthanasia, Nazi eugenics, eugenics, deportation to a Nazi concentration camp, concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. , 100,000 have been laid, making the project the world's largest decentralized memorial. The majority of commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Others have been placed for Sinti#The Holocaust, Sinti and Porajmos, Romani people (then also called "gypsies"), The Holocaust in Poland, Poles, Persecution o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Städtisches Luisengymnasium München
Städtisches Luisengymnasium München is a secondary school located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Location The Luisengymnasium is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich near the main train station at Luisenstraße 7. The school is centrally located on the Old Botanical Garden in the immediate vicinity of Stachus and Königsplatz. History Founded in 1822 as the "School for Higher Daughters" and co-educational since 1969, it is Munich's oldest municipal high school and one of the few schools with its own school constitution. The Luisengymnasium is named after Princess Ludovika Wilhelmine of Bavaria, who later became Duchess Luise. She was the daughter of Maximilian I. Joseph (Bavaria) and mother of the legendary Sisi. She was very influential and enjoyed tremendous prestige. In 1812, Gartenstrasse, which was then on the outskirts of the city, was renamed ''Luisenstrasse'' in her honor. The school was founded by Simon Spitzweg, the father of the famous painter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolpersteine Paula & Siegfried Jordan
A (; plural ) is a concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literal translation, Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'. The project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate persons at the last place that they chose freely to reside, work or study (with exceptions possible on a case-by-case basis) before they fell victim to Nazi terror, Aktion T4, forced euthanasia, Nazi eugenics, eugenics, deportation to a Nazi concentration camp, concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. , 100,000 have been laid, making the project the world's largest decentralized memorial. The majority of commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Others have been placed for Sinti#The Holocaust, Sinti and Porajmos, Romani people (then also called "gypsies"), The Holocaust in Poland, Poles, Persecution o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
