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...Green Shield" (he had been born in the humbler "Red Shield House" that gave the family its name-Rot Schild) and sent his bumptious sons off to the financial strongholds of Europe to try their hands at business. Nathan settled in London, Jakob in Paris, Salomon in Vienna, Kalmann in Naples, and Amschel stayed home to help Father. The turning point in Meyer's career came when he ingratiated himself with Prince William of Hesse by selling him rare coins at a bargain. The prince reciprocated by giving Meyer the job of investing his vast cash reserves...
...loans helped France conquer Algeria. From Vienna, Brother Salomon raised millions for the Habsburgs, who-after some hard prompting at a highly anti-Semitic court-in 1822 rewarded the Rothschilds and all their descendants with the title of baron and their noble coat of arms. From Naples, Brother Kalmann floated huge loans for the Papal States and the King of Naples by placing them with the other Rothschilds...
...Kalmann Novak '45, plane recital, from the Winthrop House Common Room: works by Rachmanioff, Chopin and Scriabin...
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