Word: hatschier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Looking at Viktor Hatschier, there can be doubt that his exciting life has agreed with him. Handsome and youthful in appearance, the twinkle in his eye suggests that he is far from ready to end his colorful career which, he admits, "sounds like something you'd never believe if you saw it in the movies...
Upon the suggestion of a friend, Hatschier decided to enter hotel work; he went to Lausanne, Switzerland, to study at the Academic Hoteliere. Following his graduation in 1924, he served in some of the best known hosteleries all over the world...
After a short visit to Arabia where he met Ibs Sand, Count von Hatschier (Viktor Hatschier's rightful title when he wants to use it) went to India. While in Madras, he built a hotel and gatuexed enough information to write "Tower of Silence," a novel about British imperialism...
When he tired of India, Hatschier decided to ship off to Rio de Janciro. In order to learn Portuguese, an essential for hotel managers in Brazil, he took a job as an overseers on a sugar caue plantation. One night, he encountered a drunk stranger and helped him to bed. The man turned out to be the owner a large claim of South American hotels, who, in appreciation of Hatschier's kindness, made him manager of the Plazza Hotel-in Bucnos Aires...
Always driven by Wanderlust, Hatschier came to the U. S. in 1936. After jobs in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, he served with the U. S. airforce as a captain in intelligence during World War II. His service carried him back to Europe, behind enemy lines, where he had ample opportunity to use several of the eight languages he speaks fluently...