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In 1943, German immigrants Hilda and Berthold Reich, Sigmund and Mathilda Rohrbach, and Justin and Alma Zimmerman opened the Cleveland Fabric Shop in Cleveland, Ohio.. After further expansion, in 1963, the name was changed to Jo-Ann Fa
The Juliette Gordon Low Historic District consists of three buildings in Savannah, Georgia that are associated with the origins of the Girl Scouts of the USA.They are the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, at 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue, [3] the Andrew Low House, at 329 Abercorn Street, [4] and the Andrew Low Carriage House (also known as the First Girl Scout Headquarters), at 330 Drayton Street.
Duane B. "Dick" Bryers (July 2, 1911 – May 30, 2012, Tucson, Arizona) was an American painter, illustrator, and sculptor. [1] [2] In the 21st century, Bryers was rediscovered as the creator of the unconventionally plump pinup girl Hilda, who appeared in calendars from the mid-1950s to 1980s. [3]
List of Holocaust survivors. The people on this list are or were survivors of Nazi Germany 's attempt to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe before and during World War II. A state-enforced persecution of Jewish people in Nazi-controlled Europe lasted from the introduction of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 to Hitler 's defeat in 1945.
High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Aufseherin ( [ˈaʊ̯fˌzeːəʁɪn], pl. Aufseherinnen) was the position title for a female guard in Nazi concentration camps. Of the 50,000 guards who served in the concentration camps, training records indicate that approximately 3,500 were women. [ 1] In 1942, the first female guards arrived at Auschwitz and Majdanek from Ravensbrück.
The Ukrainian Museum-Archives ( UMA ), founded in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is a museum dedicated to collecting literature, recordings, artifacts and other items that represent Ukrainian culture, Ukrainian immigration to America, and the history of Ukrainians in Cleveland. [1] It was founded by Leonid Bachynsky and Alexander ...
Mittleberger began tutoring young women privately in her home. [6] After her father's death, she then opened a school, Mittleberger's School for Girls in 1877. [7] The school included boarding and offered college preparatory coursework for its students. [1] After its opening, the school quickly expanded and served many daughters of prominent ...