During Hitler's rise to power in the 1930's; Richmond department store founder; William Thalhimer and his family traveled to Germany to visit relatives and business contacts. Thalhimer was deeply disturbed and increasingly alarmed as the anti-Semitism that he and his family witnessed escalated into the violence Brown Shirts and Kristallnacht; the Night of Broken Glass. Thalhimer became determined to aid Jews fleeing from Germany; and he eventually met a representative of Gross Breesen; a German-Jewish agricultural training institute. The mission of Gross Breesen; and eventually Thalhimer; was to train young Jews in agriculture in hopes that the expertise gained would ensure the students' successful emigration from Germany. Thalhimer purchased a farm; Hyde Farmlands; in Burkeville; Virginia to give the students a home in Virginia.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Revolutionary War History and Photography Part 1By CustomerLoving Early American History; Genealogy; Cartography; and early photography; this book and it's companion a must have for gaining insight into the psyche of our founding fathers and patriots in the general citizenry of our country. Need Volume 20 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Get This Book If You'really Interested in the Patriots Who Fought to Make the U.S.A.By waltchestnutAmazing look back at images and biographical information of thin sample of patriot soldiers.6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful companion book to the first volumeBy Robert S. FarrellWonderful companion book to the first volume; and hopefully there will be more. The pictures are truly remarkable...given the timing of the invention of photography; it is a wonder there are any pictures at all of Revolutionary veterans (and their families) at all. Though the people featured here are well into their 80's; we get a glimpse of a few of the regular people who made sure we had our freedom. Maureen Taylor also gives us a small biography of each person featured; as much as there might be. Wonderful book (both volumes).
