Von Wiegand, Karl H.

  1. Von Wiegand, Karl H.
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Biographical Note

1874, September 11 Born, Hessen, Germany 1878 Immigrated with family to the United States, settled in Iowa 1888 Naturalized as American citizen 1896 Telegraph operator, Western Union, Chicago 1902 1904 Staff member, San Francisco Examiner 1907 1910 Manager, Western Division Office, Associated Press, San Francisco 1911 1915 Correspondent, United Press Foreign staff, Berlin 1914, November Interview with Admiral Tirpitz concerning German plans for submarine warfare 1915, April 11 Interview with Pope Benedict XV concerning effort for peace 1915 1917 War correspondent, New York World 1917 1961 Foreign correspondent, Hearst Newspapers 1928 Passenger, Graf Zeppelin, first trans-Atlantic flight 1929 Passenger, Graf Zeppelin, first flight around the world 1936 Passenger, Hindenburg, trans-Atlantic flight 1940 Interview with Adolf Hitler concerning German view of the United States 1942 Interned by the Japanese 1943 Repatriated 1961 Died, Zuerich, Switzerland

From the guide to the Karl H. Von Wiegand Papers, 1911-1961, (Hoover Institution Archives)
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