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...great-great-grandfather, had to be satisfied with the Kingdom of Hanover, and that was lost forever in 1866 when his son took the losing side in a war with the King of Prussia. The feud was not patched up until years later when the Hanoverian prince, Ernst August. Duke of Brunswick, married the daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The third child (and first daughter) of that marriage was Frederika Louise Thyra Victoria Margarita Sophia Olga Cecilia Isabella Christa, Princess of Hanover, Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick and Liineburg, and present Queen of Greece. She was born...
Last week a member of the Aero Union broke the prudent silence, suggested that the industry get back to work. Said shrewd, ambitious Ernst Heinkel, once a top bomber-builder: "Germany is too far behind and too poor to attempt developing its own aircraft. But Germany could well play her part in the Western defense program" by making parts (e.g., optical instruments) for Western aircraft...
...admiring world watched, the first moments of greatness touched the mayor of Berlin, raising him into the company of those who catch and express the spirit of their time. As Churchill's voice had rung from Britain in the dark days of 1940, so the voice of Ernst Reuter rang out from blockaded Berlin, defying the enemy, rousing the free. "Nothing is going to be conquered here-" he thundered. "This city cannot be conquered- We will defend this old Berlin with our bodies...
Last week in Berlin there were candles for Ernst Reuter on both sides of the Brandenburger Tor. His body lay on a catafalque in front of his beloved Rat-haus. The coffin was draped in the Berlin flag and surmounted by his black beret. All one day and all that night, tens of thousands of Berliners filed past. Among them were many East Berliners, clutching their free food parcels. "He was our Reuter too," said one East zone woman. Her husband could only mutter: "What will...
...Died. Ernst Reuter, 64, Lord Mayor of West Berlin; of a heart ailment; in Zehlendorf (see FOREIGN NEWS...