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The Best New Theater Books of Summer 2022
Michael Giltz | June 21, 2022
Theater is alive and happening all over the country. High school productions, community theater, touring shows, Broadway — it's all there for enjoying. And once you're attending the theater again or putting on theater again, the desire to talk about it and think about it and read about it comes back stronger than ever. So here are 29 great new books by and about and set in the theater world, and all are worth checking out.
The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II
Compiled and edited by Mark Eden Horowitz
$39.95, Oxford University Press
By Viola Davis
$28.99, HarperOne
Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the Romance of the Century
By Stephen Galloway
$30, Grand Central Publishing
Three books by and about theater legends.
Oscar Hammerstein II wasn't writing his memoir when he wrote his letters. But the countless missives about creative issues, business decisions, letters of appreciation to other artists, and the mundane and fascinating details that made up his correspondence give us a real window into the life of one of Broadway's most influential writers.
Viola Davis is a two-time Tony winner, the only African American to win the Triple Crown of acting (the Oscar, the Tony, and the Emmy), and — as we soon discover in Finding Me — a terrific writer. She delivers a beautiful and unsparing memoir about her tough childhood and a refusal to accept anything less than success on her own terms.
And the tumultuous romance between two of the greatest actors of all time comes to life in Truly, Madly, the story of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Hammerstein's life ended too soon from stomach cancer. But the last song he ever wrote was "Edelweiss," as perfect a capstone to his career as one could ask for. Leigh and Olivier's romance began when she saw him acting on stage in 1934 and she immediately told a friend he was the man she was going to marry. The fact that they were both already married to other people? A mere detail. It's the perfect beginning to one of the maddest romances showbiz ever witnessed.
Theatre of Marvels
By Lianne Dillsworth
$27.99, Harper
Wingwalkers
By Taylor Brown
$27.99, St. Martin's Press
The Great Passion
By James Runcie
$28, Bloomsbury Publishing
Three novels bring to life a long-vanished showbiz past, when entertainment came in many forms.
In Theatre of Marvels, we are plunged into Victorian England. A young actress of mixed race named Zillah swallows her pride to play a gross caricature of her people and is billed as "The Great Amazonia, a Savage Queen From Darkest Africa!" It's the price she pays to rise out of the slums and perhaps into high society. But when her impresario's latest "acquisition" goes missing, Zillah risks it all to find the truth.
Then we fly to the U.S. and the Great Depression in Wingwalkers. People far from Broadway head to open fields to watch the daredevil antics of aviators and the bravely foolish who walk out on the wings to entertain the crowds. A husband-and-wife team cross paths with William Faulkner, of all people, in a story based in part on a little-known incident in the writer's life.
Finally, we head way back to the 1700s, when 13-year-old Stefan is sent off to far-away Leipzig, Germany, after his mother dies. The distraught boy catches the eye — or, rather, the ear — of the school's cantor Johann Sebastian Bach, thanks to a beautiful voice. In James Runcie's acclaimed novel, we watch the twin struggles of people dealing with grief and the creation of a moving masterpiece that transcends it.
In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Stand-Up Comedy
By Shawn Levy
$30, Doubleday Books
How to Tell a Story
By The Moth
$28, Crown
Directed by James Burrows
By James Burrows With Eddy Friedfeld
$28.99, Ballantine Books
You can take classes, study under mentors, serve an apprenticeship … or just go ahead and start doing what you're passionate about.
Shawn Levy tells the story of trailblazing female comics with his book In on the Joke. From Moms Mabley to Elaine May and Joan Rivers and beyond, fans of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Hacks will learn how far women have come in stand-up … and how depressingly familiar the barriers still remain.
Perhaps every performer starts this way: At dinner, in their grade-school lunchroom, or riding in a car somewhere, they tell a story. A funny story, a sad story, who knows, but simply a story. That's a performance right there, and it isn't long before the people who love to tell them are writing them down or setting them to music or getting up on stage and performing other people's stories. The famed venue The Moth celebrates professional storytellers and the bold folk who aren't, but get up on stage anyway to expose themselves. In How to Tell a Story, the folks from The Moth share tips and advice on how to do it well.
Finally, director James Burrows learned how to be a director simply by being a director. From the mid-1970s on, he just started doing it and learned as he went. It helped that Burrows quickly did episodes for some of the best shows of all time. When you're working with the cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and given sterling scripts, you're way ahead of the game. His credits are legendary, from terrific work on shows that didn't quite click (The Associates, Best of the West) to the hits — Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Will & Grace — as is his gift for helming pilots that helped many other shows find their voice right away. Directed by James Burrows isn't quite a how-to, but anyone who is thinking of a career in TV will find nuggets here. And since classic TV sitcoms of the sort he worked on are essentially mini-plays (Frasier in particular was often a perfect farce), lovers of theater should dive in as well.
By Janet Key
$16.99, Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers
In the Key of Us
By Mariama J. Lockington
$16.99, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Here for the Drama
By Kate Bromley
$15.99; Graydon House
Whether it's at summer camp or on a first-time trip to London, the theatre is a perfect place to make friends and fall in love.
Twelfth combines the lure of summer camp for theater lovers with a mystery surrounding a long-lost diamond ring that might just help the struggling venue stay open for years to come. Our heroine figures out that the clues they find are linked to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Soon she and her new friends are off on the hunt — assuming camp counselors and whomever is trying to get to the ring first don't stop them.
In the Key of Us shows two young girls headed off to music camp. Usually, music or theater camp is a chance for kids with a shared passion to find themselves surrounded by others just like them. But in this case, Andi and Zora are the only Black girls in a sea of mostly white faces. Plus, Andi can't seem to play the trumpet with the same passion she had before her mom died. And Zora is saddled with the flute when what she really wants to do is dance. Happily, they find each other and a little harmony in this sweet romance.
Dealing with a missing diamond or some bland music-making seem like small potatoes to Winnie, the assistant to a very high-maintenance playwright named Juliette Brassard. Winnie follows the famed feminist writer to London for a production of one of the genius's greatest works. But when the director and writer clash terribly, it's Winnie who must keep the peace, all while trying to convince Juliette to at least look at her own stab at playwriting. And must Juliette's nephew Liam be quite so delightfully foppish and charming and all that?
My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves
Compiled by Kristin Chenoweth, et al.
$27.99, Gallery Books
George Michael: A Life
By James Gavin
$32.50, Abrams Press
Every Good Boy Does Fine
By Jeremy Denk
$28.99, Random House
Broadway legend Kristin Chenoweth and others reached out to women from all walks of life to share their stories about fighting for themselves. The result is My Moment, an inspiring collection of essays from Billie Jean King, Brandi Carlile, Gloria Steinem, and theater folk including Chenoweth, Beanie Feldstein, and Cynthia Erivo, to name just a few.
Is George Michael's life one to inspire or a cautionary tale? It's both, of course. Fame isn't all it seems from the outside, and few knew that better than Michael, who struggled with being a closeted pop superstar, creative battles with his record label, addiction, and the nagging feeling that he didn't deserve any of it. James Gavin tells his story. And whether they focus on the rise of Wham! or the fall of Michael, you just know someday those classic songs will be heard on Broadway.
Malcolm Gladwell was wrong: 10,000 hours of practice is just the start. Think of Sonny Rollins practicing the saxophone on the Williamsburg Bridge day after day. Or read classical pianist and MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner Jeremy Denk. His memoir dives into classical pieces he loves and why they work. But, most of all, Denk brings to life the routine, daily hard work that goes into mastering an instrument and staying on top of it all your life. In Every Good Boy Does Fine, he talks about teachers, baffling advice, rehearsals with others, and practice practice practice. Denk shows how deeply rewarding it can be, so anyone in the arts should take comfort and spine-stiffening resolve from this acclaimed work.
Broadway Bird
By Alex Timbers; illustrations by Alisa Coburn
$18.99, Feiwel & Friends
As Glenn as Can Be
By Sarah Ellis; illustrations by Nancy Vo
$19.99, Groundwood Books
It's never too soon to share your love of the arts with kids!
In the picture book Broadway Bird, Tony-winning director Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Peter and the Starcatcher) tells the story of Louisa the parakeet, a tiny bird who dreams of becoming a big star on Broadway. (Kristen Chenoweth can identify.) The charming, brassy illustrations by Alisa Coburn are the perfect complement.
In As Glenn as Can Be, wistful and dreamy illustrations by Nancy Vo help writer Sarah Ellis bring to life the childhood and career of the idiosyncratic pianist Glenn Gould. Maybe you're not difficult or different, kids: Maybe you're just a genius!
My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song
By Emily Bingham
$30, Knopf
Golden Boy: Beethoven's Youth
By Mikael Ross; translation by Nika Knight
$29.99, Fantagraphics Books
How to bring to life America's tangled, complex racial history or the childhood of Beethoven, one of the most written-about artists in history? Two new books show two ways to do it.
In My Old Kentucky Home, writer Emily Bingham uses the classic by Stephen Foster to illuminate the changing ideas of the United States and how it sees itself. "My Old Kentucky Home" somehow morphs from an antislavery piece inspired by Foster's reading of Uncle Tom's Cabin into a glorification of slavery and the antebellum South as a key part of minstrel shows. Then it veers to the right as a bit of nostalgia and a key part of the annual Kentucky Derby. And then it veers to the left as an example of rewriting history. And then it veers again until you realize maybe all of American history is just as messy and fascinating as the journey of this one song.
The childhood of Beethoven comes to vivid life in Golden Boy, a graphic novel by Mikael Ross. Ross was commissioned to do a small comic for the Beethoven Society. But when he read the diaries of the baker's son who lived just below little Ludwig's family, Ross was inspired, and this full-length novel following Beethoven right up to his first major public appearance is the result. Any teen who loves comic books might just find themselves drawn into classical music. And any fan of classical music will discover a new appreciation for comics.
Liarmouth…A Feel-Bad Romance
By John Waters
$26, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Grease: Tell Me More, Tell Me More — Stories From the Broadway Phenomenon That Started It All
Edited by Tom Moore, Adrienne Barbeau, and Ken Waissman
$30, Chicago Review Press
Auteur of filth John Waters and Grease have a lot in common. Both began as rude upstarts, thumbing their nose at convention, reveling in their status as outsiders, and against all expectations becoming huge successes and downright huggable.
With Liarmouth, Waters proves he can still provoke. His first (!) novel is exactly what you'd expect and yet is still somehow envelope-pushing. This crime saga stars the hilarious Marsha Sprinkle, a gal who despises children (especially her own) and never met a scam she didn't try twice. Sprinkle is a Liarmouth and simply can't tell the truth, because what's the point? Think Carl Hiaasen, but much, much dirtier. It's impossible to read without casting the film or thinking where a song would fit in once it becomes a Broadway musical. But Liarmouth isn't just a blueprint for adaptation. It's a novel because Waters has a new world to conquer. Or is that contaminate?
Grease: Tell Me More, Tell Me More is an oral history of sorts, collecting stories from anyone and everyone connected to the original show and its many incarnations. Overseen by the original Broadway director, Tom Moore, star Adrienne Barbeau (the original Rizzo), and Ken Waissman (an original producer), this book is a grab bag of memories and anecdotes from anyone who crossed paths with it. The names involved or dropped here include Barry Bostwick, John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, directors Walter Bobbie and Jerry Zaks, and many, many more. Catnip for fans and a testament to how an enduring work can shape and influence so many careers and lives decades after it first began.
Love, Dance & Egg Rolls
By Jason Tanamor
$18, Ooligan Press
An Arrow to the Moon
By Emily X.R. Pan
By Elise Broach
$16.99, Christy Ottaviano Books
Being really good at something can be the perfect refuge for kids … or it can be a burden if what you're good at is totally not cool to others.
Jamie is a normal kid in high school in Love, Dance & Egg Rolls. He watches way too much TV, he has a crush on a girl, and he's vaguely embarrassed by his folks (Jamie's dad always tries to feed his white friends egg rolls). Oh, and he wants to be a tinikling folk dance master — the traditional (and pretty cool) dance of the Philippines. A pity some of the racist kids at school make Jamie embarrassed by it.
Hunter Yee certainly isn't embarrassed by his skills with a bow and arrow. He's remarkably good at it, and that's worth a lot among his friends. But it's not enough to win over the parents of Luna Chang, the amazing girl who's just transferred to his high school. In An Arrow to the Moon, a rewrite of Romeo & Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers discover a bow and arrow is no more use than a sword or poison was back in Verona when it comes to making the course of true love run smooth. (Yeah, yeah, that's from A Midsummer Night's Dream, but it still fits.)
Michael doesn't quite fit in when it comes to the novel Duet. The boy is clearly a talented pianist, but he just won't play. The Chopin festival is coming up and disaster looms, until Michael finds the perfect duet partner: Mirabelle, the goldfinch who loves to sing and has been narrating this sweet middle-grade novel all along.
Offstage Observations: Inside Tales of the Not-So-Legitimate Theatre
By Steven Suskin; forward by Ted Chapin
$32.95, Applause Books
Playing With Myself
By Randy Rainbow
Everybody's a critic. But of course a critic is really a critic, and here are two of the best. Steve Suskin, of course, is a critic and founding editor at New York Stage Review. But that's on top of chronicling Broadway in numerous books about theater history, like Opening Night on Broadway and Second Act Trouble. This memoir captures everything that came before, from the first time a teenage Suskin found himself on a Broadway stage lit only by a ghostlight, to his trial-by-fire working for producer David Merrick, on to his own success producing shows including the perennial Forever Plaid. It's a coming-of-age for a theater geek all lovers of Broadway can identify with … even if most of us never actually ended up appearing in an actual Broadway musical, however unintentionally.
Randy Rainbow doesn't critique Broadway: He loves it unreservedly. But politics? Oh, that's another story! As any theater fan knows, the budding performer combined his love for theater with his withering critiques of D.C. into a string of hilarious online skits that put the viral in video. After several successful albums, this triple threat adds memoirist to make the actor/singer/songwriter a book writer to boot! Watch out, Sondheim! Rainbow describes taking a purse to second grade, getting his first job on Broadway — at Hooters — and generally not fitting in until the whole world discovered his talent. Suddenly, Randy Rainbow fit in everywhere, but especially in the theater world. Stephen Sondheim was a fan, as is Patti LuPone and Carol Burnett (which … duh!) — and us too, in case you hadn't guessed.
Six Plays
By Mickle Maher
$20, Agate Midway
Selected Plays by Griselda Gambaro
By Griselda Gambaro; translation by Gwen MacKeith
$34.95, Methuen Drama
William Shakespeare Complete Works, Second Edition
By William Shakespeare; edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
$85, Modern Library
It all begins on the page. So let's end with these three collections of plays by three different authors. You've probably heard of at least one of them.
Mickle Maher is a legend in Chicago, and Six Plays gathers works by the mischievous Maher, who really needs a showcase in New York City. (Hello, Signature Theatre!) In one play, auditions for a production of The Three Little Pigs is constantly interrupted by the director of the Scottish play rehearsing upstairs, not to mention a mysterious fog and some real magic toiling and troubling everything they do. In another, Quasimodo and Beethoven take part in a panel discussion on why they failed to come up with the proper sound for a stage direction in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Think Ionesco and Albee, for starters.
Griselda Gambaro is one of Argentina's great dramatists. Like Maher, she deserves a much higher profile in New York and London. This collection of seven major works, from 1967's Siamese Twins to 2015's The Gift — all translated by Gwen MacKeith — should help change that.
Finally, good old Bill S. is back. The handsome Modern Library's second edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare is edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, endorsed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and belongs on the shelf of any theater lover. As Shakespeare said in his last play, Two Noble Kinsmen, "We have our end … We, and all our might / Rest at your service. / Gentlemen, good night."
Michael Giltz is the cohost of the weekly entertainment podcast Showbiz Sandbox. He has covered all areas of entertainment as a journalist, critic, feature writer, and analyst, contributing to numerous outlets, including the New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and The Advocate. When Michael's not attending the theater, he's reading about it.
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Fans of Jennifer Lopez will be happy to see her returning to the screen this April, kick starting a somewhat moribund film career with – what else – a romantic comedy. In it, she portrays – what else – a long suffering career woman who just can't seem to find Mister Right. I suppose I'm being a little glib, but resuscitating a stagnant film career with a romantic comedy isn't the most original idea, nor are most romantic comedies themselves. So to balance my sardonic wit, I'll give The Back up Plan some credit and admit that the premise of this romantic comedy is at least somewhat novel, if not altogether innovative. Zoe (Lopez) is a hard working professional who for years has done her best to balance her career with her dating life. While one has been something of a success, the other – you can guess which – hasn't been. With her thirties coming to a close and her romantic options looking somewhat slim, Zoe decides to go with her "back-up plan" – she enlists the help of a platonic acquaintance and a fertility clinic to try and conceive a child. But don't laugh yet; the funny part comes later.
Zoe's approach is certainly pragmatic but I have to wonder how well this is going to lend itself to comedy. I know several people who, for far more delicate reasons have had to resort to far more exhaustive measures to have children. It's an emotional decision that most people take pretty seriously, so it's hard for me to look into my mind's eye and see where fertility treatments = comedy. Maybe that's just me - it's entirely possible that I am overanalyzing this, and I willingly admit that. Like I said, I'll give the movie credit for taking a badly shopworn genre and attempting to throw a curve ball into the mix. Besides, it isn't Zoe's method of conception that's supposed to be funny; it's the wacky irony that as Zoe hails a cab outside the clinic she runs right into the man of her dreams! They begin a whirlwind courtship and fall fast for each other, before Zoe discovers that her treatment was successful; she's pregnant! Where this would fill most men with something best described as blood curdling horror, Stan (Alex O'Loughlin) takes it in stride and decides to commit to the relationship anyway. Together, they experience the unpredictable highs and lows of impending parenthood and along the way, attempt learn to love one another the way a more traditional couple might after only a few months of dating.
No doubt The Back up Plan will play this largely for laughs, but I have to wonder whether or not Zoe had so much trouble with dating because she was more focused on her long term goals than she was on finding the right person with which to achieve them. And while I can understand not wanting to leave Zoe in the lurch, children are best raised on love rather than guilt. I have to wonder whether or not committing so soon to someone you hardly know is in this case equal parts nobility and desperation on Stan's part. I'm not sure if that makes him Mister Right or Mister Norman Bates. I suppose we'll learn the answer to that question, as well as whether or not this marks a new beginning for Jennifer Lopez. As I mentioned, starring alongside her in The Back-Up Plan is Alex O'Loughlin, best remembered by people like me for a brief role on FX's exceptionally morbid drama The Shield. Or if you're ten years younger than me, he's best remembered for a one year headliner on Moonlight, an attempt by CBS to capitalize on the vampire craze that resurrects itself every few years (pun intended). His most recent film role was opposite Kate Beckinsale in 2009's appalling Whiteout, and I sincerely wish him better luck here. A romantic comedy wouldn't be a romantic comedy without the requisite "snarky best friend," and that role is filled here by television veteran Michalea Watkins. Watkins has been in increasing demand on the small screen for her comedic skills, so this is a part she shouldn't have much trouble getting her arms around.
But without a doubt, the one under the microscope will be Jennifer Lopez. She is a woman of many talents but to be honest, it's debatable as to whether her abilities as a vocalist are robust enough to sustain her career exclusively. As an actress, she's shown herself to possess above average skill in flawed yet underrated material like The Cell, and the cloying but serviceable film that first made her a star, Selena. Lopez has a number of non music related projects upcoming, and her ability to release an occasional music single alongside her film work has helped her to maintain a noteworthy career profile in recent years. Time will tell whether or not her emphasis on film and television signals a calculated career path or it represents an acknowledgement of her limitations. I'm not sure whether or not The Backup Plan is going to be the project that re-establishes Lopez as a box office draw, as the trailers circulating for it are, let's say somewhat underwhelming. But one way or another, J-Lo is back in the theater; let's see if her fans follow her there. (Bruce Hall/BOP)
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Main Cast Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin
Supporting Cast Eric Christian Olsen, Michaela Watkins, Noureen DeWulf, Melissa McCarthy, Danneel Harris
Director Alan Poul
Screenwriter Kate Angelo
Distributor CBS Films
Rating PG-13
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Lublin Ghetto -Street Scene
Lublin's population in 1939 stood at 122,000 people, including 42,830 Jews, approximately one-third of the inhabitants. Lublin was an important centre of Jewish religion, culture, education and social life. In 1930 the Yeshiva Chachmel – Yeshiva of the Wise Men in Lublin – was established, this became a world-famous rabbinical high school. In the Jewish community there were twelve synagogues before the war, and approximately one hundred private prayer houses, three cemeteries, a Jewish hospital at Lubartowska Street, children's orphanage, old people's home, schools and two newspapers, "Lubliner Tugblat" and "Lubliner Stimme", the "Lublin Daily" and "Lublin Voice" respectively, both published in Yiddish.
In the city many Jewish organisations were very active, and the Jews had their own representation in the town council and with many commercial and social organisations Jews dominated in trading. Jews owned more than 50% of the workshops and approximately 30% of the factories, particularly prevalent in tailoring, leather goods and as gold and silversmiths. There was however, a low level of assimilation, out of 42,000 Jews approximately 1,000 declared to use the Polish language, although most of the younger generation spoke Polish fluently. On 18 September 1939 German troops entered the city after a short battle in the suburbs, and a deadly bombardment on the 8 September 1939, where many buildings were destroyed. On 14 October 1939 the Lublin Jewish community received an order to pay 300,000 zloty as a contribution to the German army. German soldiers rounded up Jews in the streets and forced them to work clearing up the bomb damage, and other tasks. Many Jews were beaten, tortured and humiliated, whilst German soldiers robbed Jewish shops and apartments. The German's destroyed the books in the Talmudic Academy in Lublin, which was described as such. We threw the huge Talmudic library out of the building and carried the books to the market place where we set fire to them. The fire lasted twenty hours. The Lublin Jews assembled around and wept bitterly, almost silencing us with their cries. We summoned the military band, and with joyful shouts the soldiers drowned out the sounds of the Jewish cries.
On 25 October 1939 a registration was carried out, 37,054 Jews lived in Lublin, but many younger Jews and political activists left the city, and tried to reach the part of Poland occupied by the Russians. The German civil administration under Governor Ernst Zorner which was located at the Distriksstrasse was established on 1 November 1939, as part of the creation of the General Gouvernement. Lublin's central city park, Park Litewski, on the city's main commercial thoroughfare Krakowskie Przedmiecie, was re-named Adolf Hitler Park. One building the former Stefan Batory College, was renamed the Julius Schreck Kaserne, at 17 Pieradzkiego Street, and later became the headquarters of Aktion Reinhardt programme. Streets were given German names such as Reinhard Heydrich Strasse and an Ostlandstasse. Entire buildings, residential and administrative, were commandeered by the SS and German Civil administrators. Poles and Jews were forcibly moved from their property, to other parts of Lublin or to places in the Lublin district. German replaced Polish and Yiddish in the streets, in the shops, workshops and offices. German flags and banners and the black Swastika, were visible, draped from the facades of most large structures, generally hanging over main entrances. On 9 November 1939 Odilo Globocnik, former Gauleiter of Vienna was appointed SS and Police Leader for the Lublin district and he reached the city with his staff during the second week of November. On the same day the first resettlement of Jews took place in the city – in the early hours of the morning SS-men surrounded the centre of the city and removed the Jews from their dwellings. Most of them lost their property within a few minutes, and were resettled to the Jewish Town and Old Town in Lublin. As before, many took the opportunity to leave the city. Following the decree dated 23 November 1939 by Dr Hans Frank the General Gouvernor the Jewish population from 10 years old had to wear an armband with the 'Star of David', and that all Jewish shops, factories and workshops also had to display a 'Star of David.' In January 1940, Herr Veit Harlan paid a visit to Lublin in order to photograph scenes for the Nazi film, Jude Suss. Towards the end of 1939 the Lublin Jewish Council – Judenrat was established, as per Reinhard Heydrich's edict, 24 members had to be appointed by the Jews themselves. The first elected president of the Lublin Judenrat was Ing. Henryk Bekker. – before the war he was the leader of the Folkspartaj in Lublin, deputy to the Town Council and president of the Jewish Community Council. Vice presidents of the Judenrat were Dr Marek Alten, who was a lawyer, former Austro- Hungarian officer, and one of the leaders of the Zionist Organisation in Lublin, and Salomon Kestenberg, who was a well-known paper merchant and vice-president of the pre-war Jewish Community Board. Henryk Bekker was regarded by survivors who knew him to be a kind and helpful person. Other Jewish institutions were formed like the Jewish Self-Help (Judische Soziale Selbshilfe), the Judenrat controlled all aspects of Jewish life, and were the sole representative of the Jewish community with the German authorities. The Lublin district it had been decided was to be turned into a Jewish reservation – Judenreservat, where Jews from the Reich and its incorporated territories would be resettled there.
From December 1939 until February 1940, tens of thousands of Jews were deported to "Lublinland." These mass deportations, which were organised by the SS, without any co-ordination with the civilian authorities of the General Gouvernment and without preparations in the area, were stopped after objections from Hans Frank, who complained to Hermann Goring in Berlin. Most of the Jews deported to the Jewish reservation were sent to the small ghettos in Piaski, Glusk and Belzyce, as well as Lublin itself. In December 1939 the Commander-in – Chief East, Field –Marshall Blaskowitz, reported that "children were arriving in the deportation trains from the incorporated territories frozen to death and that people were dying of hunger in the reception villages." In 1940 the SS and police organised round-ups in Lublin and its environs – thousands of Jews were sent to the labour camps in and around Belzec, where they built the so-called "Eastern Wall" the border fortifications between the General Gouvernement and the Soviet territory. Many died in the awful conditions of the labour camps, primitive living conditions, poor food, disease and ill-treatment all played their part. In March 1941 Lublin's governor Zorner proclaimed the establishment of a ghetto in Lublin, it was located in the oldest and poorest part of the historical Jewish district in Lublin's old town. Several days before the establishment of the ghetto approximately 14,000 Lublin Jews, most of them unemployed and poor, were resettled to several small towns in the Lublin district, but some of them returned to Lublin. Around 40,000 lived in the ghetto. Until March 1942 the ghetto was not strictly sealed, but Jews were not allowed access to the streets reserved for "Aryans" . Many Jewish families, particularly those who were "specialists" for various German institutions and concerns still lived outside the ghetto. The conditions in the Lublin ghetto, regarding the supply of food was not as horrible as in the ghettos of Warsaw or Lodz. The Jews of Lublin had contact with the outside world enabling them to smuggle food into the ghetto area. Even local Nazi newspapers wrote about the large scale illegal trading. Dr Max Freiherr Du Prel wrote in his book 'Das General Gouvernement' in March 1942 regarding the Lublin ghetto: In filthy dens, dug-outs and catacombs the Jew feels at home.
Up until March 1942 many Jews from Warsaw escaped to Lublin, believing that living conditions were better, with a better supply of food – indeed this was true, the biggest problems in the Lublin ghetto were typhus epidemics and overcrowding. From October 1941 the Nazi administration prepared the eventual expulsion of the Jews of Lublin, apart from the 25,000 working for the German army, the SS and police. In December 1941 groups of young Jewish men were brought to Majdanek for constructing the camp. Early in 1942, the ghetto was divided into two parts A and B. Ghetto A was known as the Big Ghetto with unemployed Jews, Ghetto B was several streets, Grodzka Street, Kowalska Street, Rybna Street. The Judenrat and its institutions were located in Ghetto B. Jews who worked for the Germans and doctors who worked in the Jewish hospitals also lived in Ghetto B, which was fenced in with barbed wire. Jews living in Ghetto A and Ghetto B were allowed to visit each other at special times during the day only, which required special permission. The Germans already knew at the time of the creation of the two ghettos, that the Jews were shortly going to be deported and exterminated in the Belzec death camp, which was in the process of being built by Globocnik's SS officers, who were based at the Julius Schreck Kaserne, in Litauer Strasse. Several days before the deportations commenced the SS registered all Jewish workers – they received a Sicherheitspolizei stamp mark, in their Identity Cards – only these people were exempt from deportation and they were moved to Ghetto B. On 16 March 1942 several hours before the beginning of the liquidation of the ghetto, SS – Hauptsturmfuhrer Höfle met the representatives of various Nazi institutions in Lublin. They were informed that all unemployed Jews would be deported to Belzec – " which is the last station in the Lublin district, and these people will not return to the General Gouvernement. For the Jewish workers SS were building a large camp Majdanek which will be the main reservoir of the Jewish labour force for German factories in Lublin. He promised that during the deportation the SS would select people for work.
Lublin Judenrat Building 2004
At 10pm the ghetto was surrounded by SS and Ukrainian- SS from the training camp at Trawniki. The main ghetto street was lit which shocked the people being driven from their homes. Many of the Jews, especially the elderly and sick were shot on the spot. Two hours later SS- Obersturmfuhrer Hermann Worthoff from the Lublin Gestapo who was responsible for Jewish affairs met the Judenrat and he ordered that every day around 1,500 people had to be deported "to the East for work". Everyone would be allowed to take 15kg of luggage on the journey along with valuables and money. Meanwhile the first group of Jews were brought to the Great Synagogue, now being used as a collection centre for the Jewish deportees. On the same night they were taken to the Lublin Umschlagplatz near the town's slaughterhouse Early in the morning of 17 March 1942 the first of Lublin's Jews were deported to the Belzec death camp. At this time none of the Jews knew about the destination nor the fate of the deportees. But several days after the beginning of the deportation action a young unknown boy escaped from the Belzec death camp – returning to Lublin he explained the fate of the deportees but no –one wanted to believe him. Until 14 April 1942 approximately 26,000 Jews from Lublin were deported to Belzec – about 200 children from the Jewish Orphanage were executed together with their teachers in a Lublin suburb. Several hundred patients from the Jewish hospitals were shot in the Niemce Forest some 15 kilometers from Lublin, together with their doctors and nurses. During the murderous ghetto liquidation the SS changed the regulations regarding the "Work Jews." All those working for the Germans had to change their kennkartes into a Juden- Ausweis. These people were exempt from the next wave of deportations – according to the SS orders only 2,500 Jews were allowed to stay in the ghetto officially. On 30 March 1942 Worthoff ordered the selection of the Judenrat members and other officials. The president of Lublin's Judenrat Ing. Henryk Bekker and other members such as Dr Josef Siegfried, who was president of the Jewish Self-Help organisation, were deported to the Belzec death camp the same day. Ing. Henryk Bekker probably knew the fate of his fellow deportees – he went to the deportation train wearing ritual Jewish clothing and without any luggage. Also deported with the Judenrat members were 35 Jewish policemen and their families, to their deaths in Belzec. The deportations were halted on 14 April 1942 – the SS knew that around 7,000 – 8,000 Jews were still hiding in cellars in the Old Ghetto dwellings. The deportations from the Lublin ghetto to a death camp was the first in the General Gouvernement and the Nazis gained much experience for the future deportation actions. In 1942 the robbing of the Jewish victims was also referred to as "Catholic Action" in some quarters in Lublin because the main depot for the plundered loot was stored in a building that had been erected before the war by the Catholic Action organisation, at 27 Chopin Strasse. Therefore Worthoff and other members of the Gestapo staff responsible for deportations such as Dr. Harry Sturm, Walther Knitzky and Kalich ordered the transfer of all the remaining Jews to the small ghetto of Majdan Tatarski. Majdan Tatarski ghetto was located in the neighbourhood of the forced labour camp at the Old Airfield / Alter Flugplatz.
The Jews in this ghetto could even watch their comrades working in the Alter Flugplatz camp. In this camp the possessions of the Jews murdered in Belzec, Sobibor and Treblinka death camps was sorted. Before the war approximately 1,500 Polish people lived in Majdan Tatarski mainly workers at the aircraft factory Plage-Laskiewicz. In this new ghetto there was an acute lack of accommodation and many Jews lived on the streets or in the courtyards. On 22 April 1942 approximately 2,000 – 2,500 Jews, mostly women with children having no Juden- Ausweis were taken to the Krepiec Forest and shot. 200- 300 young men were selected and sent to Majdanek concentration camp – rumours about the fate of all these people spread amongst the ghetto inhabitants. After these selections about 4,000 Jews lived in the Majdan Tatarski ghetto, which was now closed with a barbed wire fence. The president of the new Lublin Judenrat was Dr. Marek Alten, but the man with the biggest influence in the ghetto was Shama Grajer. Before the war Shama Grajer was a barber and the owner of a brothel in the Old Town. During the occupation he was on very friendly terms with the Gestapo. At his Lubartowska Street restaurant the SS deportation staff gathered. He provided them with the best food and drink and Jewish musicians played for their entertainment. Grajer even sold Juden- Ausweis for many people, taking thousands of zlotys and was involved in corruption. In Majdan Tatarski he was called the "Jewish King." He participated in selections and decided who would be selected for imprisonment in Majdanek. In September 1942 about 1,000 Jews were deported to the ghetto in Piaski near Lublin, the next selection took place on 24 October 1942. Among the deportees in the latter deportation were so-called privileged Jews, such as officials of the ghetto's labour office (Arbeitsamt) and workers from Victor Kremin's company, who up until then had been exempt. These people were taken to Majdanek concentration camp.
On 9 November 1942 the last group of Majdan Tatarski's ghetto inhabitants numbering about 3,000 people, were deported to Majdanek concentration camp, in order to comply with Himmler's orders given that June, to liquidate the ghettos, and transferring the inhabitants to death camps and concentration camps. About 180 people were shot in the ghetto, most of them children, or people trying to find a hiding place. Hermann Worthoff personally shot Dr Marek Alten, Shama Grajer and Moniek Goldfarb who was commander of the Jewish ghetto police. They were killed on the personal order of Odilo Globocnik in order to eliminate all witnesses of corruption by the SS. In Majdanek selections continued daily old people, sick people and children were sent to the gas chambers, whilst others were selected for work. From Majdanek prisoners were transferred to other labour camps in Lublin such as Lipowa Street, the Old Airfield or the Sportplatz or other smaller enterprises. Specialists were transferred to the Gestapo prison in the castle, where they worked as personal slaves for the higher ranking Gestapo officers and their families. The Jews who worked in the labour camps in Lublin were executed during the mass execution known as 'Aktion Erntefest', conducted by Jakob Sporrenberg, the SSPF successor to Odilo Globocnik, on 3 November 1943.
On this day approximately 18,000 Jews from camps in Lublin were executed by shooting in specially dug pits in Majdanek concentration camp. The last group of some 400 -500 Lublin Jews, working at the castle survived until July 1944. Together with many Polish political prisoners they were shot on 21 and 22 July 1944, a few hours before the Soviet forces liberated the city. Hermann Worthoff was responsible for these executions, had previously liquidated the Lublin ghetto, and also took part in the Warsaw ghetto liquidation. The Jews killed on the eve of liberation had been selected by Worthoff to work as Hofjuden for the Gestapo in the castle, during the 'Aktion Erntefest', but now he ordered them to be killed. Only two or three Jews survived from this final massacre, the Polish political prisoners murdered that day had been under investigation by Worthoff, and had been sentenced to death during the final days of the occupation. Out of approximately 42,000 Jews of Lublin only 200-300 survived the holocaust either by hiding or surviving various camps.
G. Reitlinger, The Final Solution, Vallentine Mitchell &Co Ltd 1953
Y. Arad, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Indiana University Press – Bloomington and Indianapolis 1987
Martin Gilbert, The Holocaust – The Jewish Tragedy, Collins London 1986
N. Blumental, Documents from the Lublin Ghetto – Judenrat Without Direction Jerusalem 1967
J. Poprzeczny, Odilo Globocnik – Hitler's Man in the East, McFarland &Company Inc Publishers 2004
Dr Max Freiherr Du Prel, Das General Gouvernement, Konrad Triltsch Verlag Wurzburg 1942
S. Erichman – Bank, Listy z piekla ,Bialystok 1992
S. Goldberg, The Undefeated, Tel Aviv 1985 J. Kasperek, Kronika wydarzen w Lublinie w okresie okupacji hitlerowskiej, Lublin 1983
R. Kuwalek & W. Wysok, Lublin – Jerozolima Krolestwa Polskiego ,Lublin 2001
T. Radzik, Lubelska dzielnica zamknieta, Lublin 1999
Collection of Lublin's Judenrat 1939 -42 and Collection of Governor of Lublin District 1939 -1944 – State Archive in Lublin
Collection of Survivors Memoirs and Testimonies – Archive of the Majdanek State Museum
Records from the trials against Hermann Worthoff and Dr Harry Sturm - Institute of the National Remembrance in Warsaw
Photographs – Chris Webb Archive
Lublin Gallery 2000
Lublin - Majdanek Watchtower- 2000
Lublin - Majdanek Watchtower and Barbed-wire fences- 2000
Lublin - Old Airfield Camp - Disinfection Chamber (now demolished) -2000
Lublin Chopin Strasse - 2000
Lublin -Former Well from the Lublin Ghetto -2000
Lublin - Odilo Globocnik's Former Residence - 2000
Lublin Aktion Reinhardt Headquarters - 2002
Lublin - Former Jewish Ghetto - 2002
Lublin Ghetto Border - 2002
Lublin Ghetto Entrance 2002
Lublin - Old Airfield Camp - Hangers used to sort the plunder from the Aktion Reinhardt Camps - 2002
Lublin - Majdanek Concentration Camp - Gas Chamber and Crematorium - 2002
Lublin Castle -2004
Lublin Former Gestapo Headquarters -2004
Lublin - Lipowa Street Camp Foundations - 2004
Lublin Ghetto - Marguiles House -2004
Lublin Ghetto - 2004
Lublin Old Airfield Camp - 2004
Lublin - Old Airfield Camp -Hangers 2004
Lublin Sportsplatz Stadium Entrance -2004
Lublin Sportsplatz Stadium - 2004
Lublin - Former SS Barracks - 2004
Lublin - Jewish Yeshiva - 2004
Lublin - Group Photo at the Yeshiva - B. Halstrom, R.Kuwalek, M.Peters, C. Webb - July 2004
Lublin - Former Deutsches Haus - 2006
Lublin - Majdanek Concentration Camp - SS Garages Area -2006
Lublin - Umschlagplatz -2006
Lublin - Umschlagplatz Area - 2006
All photographs courtesy of the Chris Webb Archives
Thanks - Mike Tregenza
Dedicated to Robert Kuwalek (1966-2014)
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Richard Frank Armer
M, b. 18 March 1935, d. 11 February 1936
Father* Frank B (Barney) Armer b. 6 May 1901, d. 22 Aug 1985
Mother* Cornelia Isabell Tweed b. 1 May 1909, d. 16 Jan 1960
Last Edited 11 Mar 2015
Richard Frank Armer was born on 18 March 1935 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 He died on 11 February 1936 at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Cause of death was scarlet fever and pneumonia.1 He was buried on 12 February 1936 at Middle Octorara in Grandmothers lot, Quarryville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 Richard Frank Armer Find-a-Grave.com ID # 90531625.2
[S32] Death Certificate, Pennsylvania Dept heath Death Certif # 18765.
[S126] Find-a-Grave.com Obituary, Various, Researched May 29 , 2012.
Robert Thomas Armer
M, b. 8 August 1940, d. 24 June 1957
Robert Thomas Armer was born on 8 August 1940 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 He died on 24 June 1957 at Andrew's Bridge in trucking accident, Upper Oxford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, at age 16. Death certificate states place of death was 8 mi N. of Oxford in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County, and arrived at Coatesville Hospital DOA. Cause of death was fractured skull after being thrown out of truck he was riding in when truck hit embankment.1 He was buried on 27 June 1957 at Middle Octoraro Cemetery, Quarryvile, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 Robert Thomas Armer Find-a-Grave.com ID # 91066862.
Violet Eisenberger
F, b. 10 September 1909, d. 31 July 2012
Foster Father* Thomas M Armer b. 5 Feb 1887, d. 15 Sep 1960
Foster Mother* Eliza (Lida) Jane Murray b. 28 Nov 1889, d. 11 Jan 1986
Father Paul H Eisenberger1 b. 1889
Mother Flora Hartman1
Last Edited 31 Dec 2013
Violet Eisenberger was born on 10 September 1909 at Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.2 She married Paul C Baker on 5 July 1941; Violet lived with her foster parents, Thomas M Armer and his wife Eliza Jane Murray from after 1920 until her marriage in 1941. Violet Eisenberger died on 31 July 2012 at Tel Hai, Honey Brook, Chester, Pennsylvania, at age 102;
Violet E. Baker
"Mrs. Gap"
Violet E. Baker, age 102, of Tel Hai Retirement Community, formerly of her beloved Gap, PA, passed away at Tel Hai on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. She was the wife of the late Paul C. Baker, who passed away on June 8, 1984.
She was born in Columbia, daughter of the late Paul & Flora Hartman Eisenberger. Her education consisted of the former Linville Hill School, Gap Consolidated School, Salisbury Township High School, Coatesville Business School and the Philadelphia School of Practical Nursing. She was a very active member of Bellevue Presbyterian Church of Gap for 89 years. She taught Sunday School, was Sunday School Superintendent, sang in the choir for 25 years, and was chairperson of the flower committee for over 30 years, chairperson for the blood bank and on the committee for the Presbyterian Homes. Violet also set up a card file to record all the burials in Bellevue Cemetery. She helped for years with the Bellevue Tidings, a monthly church newsletter. For over 30 years, Violet delivered the weekly church altar flowers to the sick and shut-ins of the church. Violet never asked for a job; her employment was always in the Gap area. She worked at the former Paradise Seed Factory during the summers while going to school, Gap Post Office for 31 years, J.C. Walker & Son and the Gap National Bank. She was a member of the Salisbury Township Alumni Association, Salisbury Township Historical Society and the Historical Preservation Trust. Violet was an encyclopedia of information on the Gap Town Clock. Violet was well known for saving the clock tower. When it was in danger of being dismantled during the widening of Route 41, she got the community involved, got financial help and had the clock moved to its current location. This began the Gap Town Clock Association of which Violet became secretary in 1953 and secretary/ treasurer in 1957 and held these positions for over 55 years. She volunteered for the former Gap Meals on Wheels, Lancaster County United Campaign, and Office of Aging. At the time of her passing, Violet was actively involved in the planning of her 103rd birthday which would have been on September 10th of this year. Violet served her community and church for many years and in many ways often quietly and unknown. At an age when many say I have done enough and deserve a rest, she continued to be an active participant in both her church and community. She will be missed by the many that knew her and by all that she considered to be her family.
She is survived by nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Grant Blottenberger.
Funeral service will take place from the Bellevue Presbyterian Church, 810 Newport Avenue, Gap, PA on Friday, August 3rd, at 11 a.m. with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until time of service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Gap Clock Tower Association, c/o Kathy Stern, 874 Simmontown Road, Gap, PA 17527. Arrangements by the Shivery Funeral Home, Inc., Christiana & Paradise.
shiveryfuneralhome.com.3
She was buried on 3 August 2012 at Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery, Gap, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.2 Violet Eisenberger Find-a-Grave.com ID # 77588014.4
As of after 1920, Violet Eisenberger lived at Gap, Pennsylvania; She attended Linville Hill School Grade school.2 She was educated circa 1927 at Salisbury High School, Gap, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, attended for 3 years.5 She appeared on the census of 11 April 1930 at Gap Ro east of Railroad, Gap, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.6 She was an employee of a Grain Warehouse. on 11 April 1930 at Gap, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.6 She was a witness when Robert John Gregg was (an unknown value) on 7 July 1937 at home of John Gregg, Mt Pleasant, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.7
Next reunion to be held at Williamson Park, the third Sunday in June 1938.
Violet Eisenberger appeared on the census of 22 April 1940 at Chestnut Street, Gap, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.5 She was a bookkeeper for Coal, Lumber and Feed company. on 22 April 1940 at Gap, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.5 As of 5 July 1941,her married name was Baker.
Paul C Baker d. 8 Jun 1984
[S30] Newspaper Obit, Daughter Violet obituary, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Intellingencer Journal August 2, 2012.
[S30] Newspaper Obit, obituary, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Intellingencer Journal August 2, 2012.
[S30] Newspaper Obit, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Intellingencer Journal August 2, 2012.
[S126] Find-a-Grave.com Obituary, Various, Researched Sept 2, 2012.
[S147] April 1940 Census Records, unknown repository address, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Salisbury Township, Dist 36-144, Dwelling # 13.
Year: 1940; Census Place: Salisbury,Lancaster,Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3535; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 36-144.
[S66] 1930 Fed Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Salisbury, Dist # 113, Dwelling # 141, Family # 141
Year: 1930; Census Place: Salisbury, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2059; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 181.0; FHL microfilm: 2341793.
[S59] Chester County News, Published in Chester county newspaper, July 7, 1937.
Margaret J (Maggie) Bryson
F, b. 16 June 1874, d. 24 November 1956
Father* Joseph Lefever Bryson b. 11 Sep 1850, d. 9 Aug 1913
Mother* Johanna Clark b. 24 Nov 1852, d. 26 Dec 1887
Last Edited 28 Oct 2016
Margaret J (Maggie) Bryson was born on 16 June 1874.1 She married Ner Clayton Foulk after 1879. Margaret J (Maggie) Bryson died on 24 November 1956 at Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 82.1
As of after 1879,her married name was Foulk. She appeared on the census of 22 June 1880 at Paradise Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.2 She appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 120 Fulton St, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.3
Ner Clayton Foulk b. 11 Oct 1869, d. 18 Oct 1919
[S35] Armer Family, Manuscript, apr 17 2000 unknown repository.
[S47] 1880 Fed Census, 1880; Census Place: Paradise, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1143; Family History Film: 1255143; Page: 483B; Enumeration District: 173; Image: 0670.
[S147] April 1940 Census Records, unknown repository address, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Strasburg Boro, ED 36-145, Dwelling #194.
Lillie Bryson
F, b. 4 November 1876, d. 4 May 1957
Lillie Bryson was born on 4 November 1876 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 She married Alan Mohn after 1890. Lillie Bryson died on 4 May 1957 at Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, at age 80. Cause of death was Cardio Vascular problems due to hypertenion and diabetes.1 She was buried on 8 May 1957 at East Harrisburg Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.1
She appeared on the census of 22 June 1880 at Paradise Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.2 As of after 1890,her married name was Mohn. She lived before 4 May 1957 at 2239 Green St, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.1
Alan Mohn
Lucy Mohn b. 11 Oct 1919
[S32] Death Certificate, Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1963. Certificate #42123.
Cecelia Bryson
F, b. 19 November 1882, d. 21 November 1963
Last Edited 24 Aug 2015
Cecelia Bryson was born on 19 November 1882 at Bart Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1,2 She married Ira Clay Erisman after 1895. Cecelia Bryson died on 21 November 1963 at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 81. Cause of death was cancer of the liver.3,2 She was buried on 24 November 1963 at Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.4 Cecelia Bryson Find-a-Grave.com ID # 14907318.
As of after 1895,her married name was Erisman. She and Ira Clay Erisman lived on 1 April 1935 at 518 N Plum St, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.5 Cecelia Erisman and Ira Clay Erisman appeared on the census of April 1940 at 518 N Plum St, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.6
Ira Clay Erisman b. 30 Oct 1882, d. 11 Mar 1971
Paul B Erisman b. 1909, d. 1986
Mary Jane Erisman b. 1 Jan 1920, d. 17 Jun 2000
[S32] Death Certificate, Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1963. Certificate #109092-63.
[S13] Various Persons Cemetery Records, E. Sue Gregg, Ronks, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
[S13] Various Persons Cemetery Records, E. Sue Gregg, Ronks, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Tombstone photographed by Carolyn Shifflet Aug 2008.
[S194] Various, 1940 Census.
[S147] April 1940 Census Records, unknown repository address, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Lancaster City, ED # 36-72, Visitation # 63.
Mary Elizabeth Bryson
F, b. 29 May 1885, d. 28 March 1963
Last Edited 29 Jun 2020
Frederick & Mary Bryson tombstone
Mary Elizabeth Bryson was born on 29 May 1885 at Nickel Mines, Bart Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1,2 She married Frederick Lloyd Homsher, son of John Galen Homsher and Harriet Viola Eager, on 17 April 1907 at Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.3 Mary Elizabeth Bryson died on 28 March 1963 at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 77. Cause of death was cardiac failure.1,4,2 She was buried on 31 March 1963 at Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.5,2 Mary Elizabeth Bryson Find-a-Grave.com ID # 14907340 + family links.
As of 17 April 1907,her married name was Homsher. She and Frederick Lloyd Homsher appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 136 W Main St, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.6
Frederick Lloyd Homsher b. 19 Nov 1885, d. 3 May 1950
Joseph Bert Homsher+ b. 10 Feb 1908, d. 5 Oct 1960
John Bryson Homsher b. 27 Jun 1911, d. 11 Nov 1957
Frederick Lloyd Homsher Jr1 b. 5 May 1915, d. 25 Dec 1915
Margaret Jane Homsher+ b. 3 Apr 1921, d. 16 Mar 1981
[S327] Helen Farmer, "Homsher Family Record Sheet", Received 1999.
[S7] Unknown compiler, Obituary in Maggie Hoover's Scrapbook.
[S82] Dr. Shirley A. Harman, Cemetery Records of Lancaster County, PA Vol 5, Page 30.
Sarah (Ella) Gontner1
F, b. 6 December 1870, d. 1 January 1921
Father* Daniel Gontner1
Mother* Sarah Hemling1
Sarah (Ella) Gontner was born on 6 December 1870 at Danville, Pennsylvania.1,2 She married Joseph Lefever Bryson, son of Joseph Bryson and Susannah Malinda Gregg, after 1887. Sarah (Ella) Bryson died on 1 January 1921 at 521 Union St, Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 50; Cause of death was cancer of the stomach.1
She was buried on 4 January 1921 at Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 Sarah (Ella) Gontner Find-a-Grave.com ID # 119636934.
As of after 1887,her married name was Bryson. She and Joseph Lefever Bryson lived in December 1911 at 217 Perry St, Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.2
Joseph Lefever Bryson b. 11 Sep 1850, d. 9 Aug 1913
Joseph Bryson b. 1891
George H. Bryson+ b. 20 Apr 1891, d. Mar 1970
Harry Bryson b. 22 Mar 1892, d. 6 Aug 1892
Emma Bryson+ b. 13 Sep 1893, d. Mar 1980
Lulu May Bryson+ b. 2 Jan 1896, d. 6 Apr 1956
Harry Bryson3 b. 27 Sep 1897, d. 11 Feb 1956
Sara Bryson+ b. 1 Apr 1899, d. 6 Jan 1987
Nora Bryson b. 12 Jun 1901, d. Jan 1983
Ruth Ellen Bryson+ b. 5 Dec 1904, d. Oct 1993
Cleon Bryson+ b. 17 Sep 1908, d. 16 Jun 1961
Marie Thelma Bryson+ b. 28 Dec 1912, d. Jan 1996
[S32] Death Certificate, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 forElla Catharine Bryson # 4825.
[S29] Birth Records entry, State Registration, Pennsylvania Birth Cerificates 1906-1911 for Maria Thelma Bryson # 188036.
Joseph Bryson
Mother* Sarah (Ella) Gontner b. 6 Dec 1870, d. 1 Jan 1921
Last Edited 15 Sep 2001
Joseph Bryson was born in 1891.1
He was ill with died of flu at early age. after 1891.
[S45] Interview, Robert Breuninger, April 29, 2001, Corrections to Gregg Book 2001 from Bob Breuninger.
George H. Bryson
M, b. 20 April 1891, d. March 1970
George & Bertha Bryson tombstone and daughter Ruth.
George H. Bryson was born on 20 April 1891 at Pennsylvania.1,2 He married Bertha Patton circa 1916.3 George H. Bryson died in March 1970 at age 78.1 He was buried in 1970 at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Plot: Section C 105, Space 6.4 George H. Bryson Find-a-Grave.com ID # 34958392.4
He was a trucker on the Railroad. on 14 January 1920 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania.5 He and Bertha Patton appeared on the census of 14 January 1920 at 814 St. Joseph St, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Also listed on this census were three of Bertha's brothers, Harry,18, James 17, & Edward 15 yrs.5 George H. Bryson was a drayman for general work. in April 1930 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania.3 He and Bertha Patton appeared on the census of 17 April 1930 at 823 Prangley Ave, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Census shows George owned his own house valued at 3500. Also listed as living in household was Bertha's brother, James Patton, age 27, married? at age 23, and was a drayman. His wife isn't listed in household.3 George H. Bryson was educated on 11 April 1940 at Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Census indicated George attended High School for 1 year.2 He was a drayer, worked for storage company. on 11 April 1940.2 He and Bertha Bryson appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 841 Prangley Avenue, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Also in this household was Robert Kissinger, a lodger, age 23, worked at linoleum plant.2
Bertha Patton b. c 1898, d. 1967
Florence M BRYSON b. c 1918, d. 28 Nov 2005
George E. Bryson b. c 1920, d. b 10 Nov 1998
Thelma M Bryson b. c 1921, d. b 22 Mar 2005
Grace Bryson b. c 1925, d. 21 Dec 1988
Ruth E. Bryson b. 24 Sep 1926, d. 10 Nov 1998
Charles V Bryson+ b. 28 Nov 1927, d. 4 Dec 2011
Joseph H Bryson+ b. 14 Jan 1932, d. 22 Mar 2005
[S147] April 1940 Census Records, unknown repository address, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Lancaster City, ED 36-91, Dwelling # 161.
[S66] 1930 Fed Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster City, District #69, Dwelling #381, Family #374.
[S126] Find-a-Grave.com Obituary, Various, Researched March 16, 2013.
[S54] 1920 Fed Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster City, ED 76, Dwelling #334, Family #337.
Emma Bryson
F, b. 13 September 1893, d. March 1980
Emma Bryson married Joseph McManus. Emma Bryson was born on 13 September 1893. She died in March 1980 at age 86.1
Joseph McManus
Jane McManus+ d. c 1990
Doris McManus d. 1947
Lulu May Bryson1
F, b. 2 January 1896, d. 6 April 1956
Last Edited 29 May 2017
Lulu May Bryson was born on 2 January 1896 at Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.2,1 She married Howard Laudenberger. Lulu May Laudenberger died on 6 April 1956 at 628 Plane St, Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 60. Cause of death was cancer.2,1 She was buried on 9 April 1956 at Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.2 Lulu May Bryson Find-a-Grave.com ID # 119637174.
Her married name was Laudenberger.
Howard Laudenberger
Margaret Laudenberger+
[S32] Death Certificate, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 for Lulu May Laudenberger # 35264.
[S126] Find-a-Grave.com Obituary, Various, Researched May 29, 2017.
Harry Bryson
M, b. 22 March 1892, d. 6 August 1892
Harry Bryson was born on 22 March 1892.1 He died on 6 August 1892.2
[S35] Armer Family, Manuscript, apr 17 2000 unknown repository, Family info received 1999.
Sara Bryson
F, b. 1 April 1899, d. 6 January 1987
Sara Bryson was born on 1 April 1899 at Chickies, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 She married Walter S Rinehart in February 1928 at Columbia, Pennsylvania.1 Sara Rinehart died on 6 January 1987 at age 87.2 She was buried on 9 January 1987 at Strasburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Strasburg, Pennsylvania.2 Sara Bryson Find-a-Grave.com ID # 17001230.
As of February 1928,her married name was Rinehart. She and Walter S Rinehart appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 111 W. Main St, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.3
Walter S Rinehart b. 15 Apr 1886, d. 14 Apr 1971
Joseph W Rinehart+ b. 23 Jul 1930, d. 9 Jan 2018
Joan M Rinehart+ b. 31 Oct 1931
[S126] Find-a-Grave.com Obituary, Various, Researched Feb 15, 2018.
Nora Bryson
F, b. 12 June 1901, d. January 1983
Nora Bryson was born on 12 June 1901.1 She married Robert Hensel after 1916. Nora Bryson died in January 1983 at age 81.1
As of after 1916,her married name was Hensel.
Robert Hensel
Ruth Ellen Bryson1
F, b. 5 December 1904, d. October 1993
Ruth Ellen Bryson was born on 5 December 1904.1 She married Ernest Breuninger circa 1929. Ruth Ellen Bryson was buried in October 1993 at Strasburg Cemetery, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.2 She died in October 1993 at age 88.1 Ruth Ellen Bryson Find-a-Grave.com ID # 16978348 + family links.
As of circa 1929,her married name was Breuninger. She and Ernest Breuninger appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 25 W Main St, Strasburg, Lancaster, New Jersey.3
Ernest Breuninger b. 13 Oct 1902, d. May 1972
[S24] Unknown name of person Printed Record, Emily Sue Brown, Millersville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
[S147] April 1940 Census Records, unknown repository address, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Strasburg Boro, ED 36-145, Dwelling #99.
Cleon Bryson
M, b. 17 September 1908, d. 16 June 1961
Last Edited 23 Nov 2017
Cleon Bryson was born on 17 September 1908 at Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1,2 He married Jane McClair after 1915. Cleon Bryson died on 16 June 1961 at Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 52.3 He was buried on 19 June 1961 at Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.3 Cleon Bryson Find-a-Grave.com ID # 156574864.
Jane McClair
[S178] Unknown name of person, unknown record type, Researched Oct 31, 2014: Record # 128937
http://www.health.state.pa.us/indices/indices%20-%20birth/… (unknown file date).
[S281] Unknown compiler, My Heritage discovery recorded Nov 23, 2017.
Marie Thelma Bryson1
F, b. 28 December 1912, d. January 1996
Marie Thelma Bryson married Leo Kaufhold. Marie Thelma Bryson was born on 28 December 1912 at Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Birth certif states she was 14th child of Sarah Gontner.2,1 She was buried in January 1996; Cremated and ashes scattered. She died in January 1996 at Florida at age 83.2
Leo Kaufhold
Doris Kaufhold
Esther Swinehart
F, b. 7 February 1905, d. 23 May 2000
Father* John Swinehart
Mother* Nora McComsey
Esther Swinehart was born on 7 February 1905 at Uwchlan, Chester, Pennsylvania.1,2 She married William McKinley Murry before 1955.3 Esther Swinehart married Carl Raymond Feister, son of William Jacob Feister and Rosanna (Annie) Armer, on 19 July 1980 at First Assembly of God, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Esther Swinehart died on 23 May 2000 at Home 1505 Butter Rd, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 95. Her obituary read:
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) - Thursday, May 25, 2000
Deceased Name: E. MURRY FEISTER, 95, CHURCH CO-FOUNDER
Esther M. Swinehart Murry Feister, 95, of 1505 Butter Road, died unexpectedly of natural causes Tuesday evening at home.
She and her first husband were founders of Evangel Assembly of God, Ephrata, for which she played the piano.
For many years, Mrs. Feister worked in the family business, William M. Murry and Son Inc., builders.
She attended Eastern Bible College, Nyack, N.Y., and the former Lancaster School of Business.
Born in Uwchlan, she was the daughter of the late John and Nora McComsey Swinehart.
She was married 19 years in July to Carl R. Feister. Her first husband, William M. Murry, died in 1975.
Surviving besides her husband are a son, E.E. "Manny," married to Diane McClure Murry of Lancaster; a stepdaughter, Lorraine, married to Lloyd Welk of Georgetown; two stepsons, Gordon, married to Lois Steckbeck Feister, and David, married to Erma Murry Feister, both of Georgetown; two grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; 13 stepgreat-grandchildren; and one stepgreat-great-grandchild.4,2 She was buried on 26 May 2000 at Shrine of Memories Garden Mausoleum of Conestoga Memorial Park, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Niche 402 A-B 4.5,6
As of 19 July 1980,her married name was Feister. She lived before 23 May 2000 at 1505 Butter Rd, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.7
William McKinley Murry d. 16 Dec 1975
Emanuel E (Manny) Murry+ b. 5 Sep 1928, d. 31 Mar 2016
Carl Raymond Feister b. 18 Dec 1912, d. 26 Nov 2003
[S22] Lancaster Newspapers
, Obituary May 24, 2000.
[S40] Social Security Deaths, Various, SS Death Index, Various, Researched Jan 27, 2015 @ MyHeritage.com.
, May 24, 2000 Intell.
, Obituary May 24, 2000 Intell.
[S22] Lancaster Newspapers.
[S85] Unknown name of person Photocopies, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
, Obituary.
Lloyd Wilson Welk
M, b. 31 January 1932, d. 19 August 2009
Father* Lloyd C Welk b. 1910, d. 1987
Mother* Edith Wilson b. 1912, d. 1986
Lloyd Wilson Welk was born on 31 January 1932 at Nine Points, Bart Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He married Lorraine June Feister, daughter of Carl Raymond Feister and Eleanor A Lowery, on 17 December 1950 at 2202 Mine Rd, Paradise Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 Lloyd Wilson Welk died on 19 August 2009 at Georgetown Rd, Georgetown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 77.2 He was buried on 22 August 2009 at Georgetown Methodist Cemetery, Georgetown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Funeral Service will take place from the Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, 1199 Valley Road, Quarryville, PA on Saturday Aug 22,at 11am. Rev Douglas Hileman officiating.2
He appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at Bart Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.3 He was the former owner of Lloyd C. Welk,Inc of Paradise. Hes was a member of the Bart Township Fire Company and the Strasburg and Ickesburg Sportsman clubs. He enjoyed collection Winross Trucks and going deep see fishing.2 He was a member of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church where in the past he was a deacon and helped care for the cemetery.2 Lloyd Wilson Welk lived at Georgetown, Bart Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Lorraine June Feister b. 22 Oct 1932, d. 8 Apr 2008
Kenneth Lloyd Welk+ b. 2 Aug 1950, d. 24 Dec 2012
, Obituary Monday, April 9, 2008.
[S126] Find-a-Grave.com Obituary, Various, Georgetown Cemetery.
[S147] April 1940 Census Records, unknown repository address, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Bart Township, ED 36-3, Dwelling #107.
Kenneth Lloyd Welk
M, b. 2 August 1950, d. 24 December 2012
Father* Lloyd Wilson Welk b. 31 Jan 1932, d. 19 Aug 2009
Mother* Lorraine June Feister b. 22 Oct 1932, d. 8 Apr 2008
Kenneth Lloyd Welk was born on 2 August 1950 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He married Nadine Elizabeth DuPlanti, daughter of Stanley DuPlanti and Anita Loose, on 8 April 1972 at First Assembly of God, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 Kenneth Lloyd Welk died on 24 December 2012 at at home, Bart, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 62.1 Kenneth Lloyd Welk Find-a-Grave.com ID # 102643516.2 He was buried on 29 December 2012 at Georgetown Methodist Cemetery, Bart, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Kenneth L. Welk, age 61 of Bart, PA passed away at his home on Monday, December 24, 2012. He was the husband of Nadine duPlanti Welk with whom he celebrated 40 years of marriage on April 8th of this year. He was born in Lancaster, son of the late Lloyd W. & Lorraine J. Feister Welk. He was a member of Encounter Church of Quarryville. In the past he was a truck driver for Lloyd C. Welk Inc. and most recently he drove truck for Northwest Food Products Transport of New Holland. He was a 1969 graduate of Solanco High School. Ken took delight in spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing and working in his garden. Surviving besides his wife are three children: Kenneth E. Welk of West Chester, Marie L. wife of Daniel Monville of Lancaster, Victoria D. Todd of Quarryville, foster daughter: Alyssa wife of Daniel Eipper of Leola, 6 grandchildren, 2 foster grandchildren, sister: Jacquie F. Hess of Paradise. A memorial service will take place on Saturday, December 29th at 3 p.m. at Encounter Church, 300 Hideaway Drive, Quarryville, PA with a time to greet the family from 1 p.m. until time of service. Pastor Stuart Osborne and Elder Joe Bernotsky will be officiating. Interment will be private prior to the memorial service in the Georgetown Methodist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Encounter Church Building Fund, 300 Hideaway Drive, Quarryville, PA 17566 or to Water Street Ministries, P.O. Box 7267, Lancaster, PA 17604.1
He was graduated in 1969 at Solanco High School, Quarryville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 Kenneth Lloyd Welk lived at Georgetown, Bart Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was a truck driver for his father at Lloyd C Welk, Inc. before 2009.1 He was a truck driver for Northwest Food Products Transport of New Holland, PA circa 2012.1 He was member of Encounter Church, Quarryville, PA.1
Nadine Elizabeth DuPlanti
, Obituary for him published Dec 26 2012.
[S126] Find-a-Grave.com Obituary, Various, Researched Dec 30 2012.


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Transportation	Automobile Accidents 3 min read
Will Wal-Mart Be Held Liable for Damages in Tracy Morgan Crash?
Eric T. Chaffin	 Aug 5, 2014
On June 7, 2014, former Saturday Night Live comedian Tracy Morgan was traveling in a limo bus near Trenton, New Jersey, when he was involved in a six-car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) preliminary report, he was returning from performing in Delaware when a tractor-trailer hit the bus from behind. The bus overturned, and both vehicles moved forward and collided with the other vehicles.
As a result of the accident, passenger James McNair was killed, Morgan was critically injured, and two others were critically injured. On July 10, 2014, Morgan together with three other plaintiffs filed a personal injury lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey. They have named Wal-Mart, whom the tractor-trailer driver was working for at the time of the crash, as a defendant, and seek compensatory and punitive damages.
Crash Caused by Drowsy Driving
The NTSB report released June 19, 2014, stated that the driver of the Peterbilt truck that crashed into Morgan's van was speeding at the time, and had logged more than 13.5 consecutive hours (the legal limit is 14 hours per shift). The truck's data recorder indicated that Georgia resident Kevin Roper was working for Wal-Mart when he drove 65 miles-per-hour through a 45-mile-per hour zone and crashed into the limo bus.
New Jersey State Police reported that Roper had been awake for more than 24 hours prior to the crash. He has since pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and assault. The case has brought renewed attention to the issue of driver fatigue, particularly in truck drivers.
A 2009 analysis of the Large-Truck Causation Study by Michael H. Belzer noted that truck drivers will work more hours if it means they'll receive a higher rate of pay. Data collected in 1997 and 1998 showed that drivers worked on average about 65 hours per seven-day week—10 percent more than the legal limit—and often feel pressured by employers to work longer than legally allowed to complete deliveries.
Claims Against Wal-Mart
Prosecutors claim that Roper was negligent in this case because he had failed to get any sleep for 24 hours. But should Wal-Mart be held liable for damages as well?
NTSB rules state that truck drivers must rest for eight consecutive hours for every 24 hours worked, as well as for 34 consecutive hours before starting their regular workweek. Employers are supposed to have programs in place that ensure this happens. Does Wal-Mart perform the necessary checks to be sure drivers are fit for their shifts?
Roper reported for work at 11:22 a.m. on June 6th. The accident occurred about 13.5 hours later. His total driving time logged was 9 hours and 37 minutes, which is below the legal limit of 11 hours. The fact that he was reportedly awake for 24 hours will be key to this case, however. Morgan's complaint states that Wal-Mart should have known he hadn't gotten any sleep. It also asserts that the company should have realized that Roper's commute, which is 700 miles between his home in Georgia to Delaware, was unreasonable and could contribute to drowsy driving.
How Will Wal-Mart Proceed?
Wal-Mart has issued a statement stating they are cooperating with the ongoing investigation: "We know it will take some time to resolve all of the remaining issues as a result of the accident, but we're committed to doing the right thing for all involved."
The statement includes standard language for big corporations in cases like these. It remains to be seen if Wal-Mart will truly try to do right by the victims in this case.
The company is currently facing litigation "claiming it defrauded shareholders by concealing suspected corruption at its Mexico operations," according to Reuters. It sought dismissal of the lawsuit, which was denied in May 2014. Wal-Mart has also had representatives on the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform. The Institute has been leading a lobbying campaign to rewrite the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which criminalizes bribes to foreign officials.


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Bizkaia Talent, recognised among the 50 Most Influential Companies of the Year 2021 by CIO Bulletin
This is the fourth international award it has received this year.
Californian publication CIO Bulletin has included Bizkaia Talent on the list of the 50 Most Influential Companies of the Year 2021. This recognition is an acknowledgement of the highest order that places value not only on the most innovative, diversified and reliable solutions of companies, but also their self-evolving and influential qualities to become a leader worth following.
CIO Bulletin Magazine has chosen the association inspired by the Provincial Council of Bizkaia due to its "brand reputation in the global market, openness to innovation, its ability to forecast market trends and understand customers at a deeper level".
Thus, so far this year, Bizkaia Talent's work has been recognised four times (Innovation & Excellence Awards, Awards of Excellence, Global 100), which enhances its strategy regarding the attraction and retention of talent.
Ivan Jimenez, among the 20 main innovative business leaders to follow
The work of the Managing Director of Bizkaia Talent Ivan Jimenez has received recognition due his career of more than 10 years at the forefront of the Basque Association. The US publication Global Business Leaders Mag, which places value on the contribution of the business leaders of various sectors, has included Ivan Jimenez among the 20 Most Innovative Business Leaders To Watch In 2021.
The publication underlines the fact that under his leadership, Bizkaia Talent "has grown leaps and bounds and assimilated several awards and accolades", and highlights that the use of technology has allowed the organisation to evolve and implement improvements to the offered services.
Jimenez, who is supporting a culture based on shared leadership, advises that "leadership should be based on trust, giving the team freedom and responsibility alongside regular feedbacks, especially positive ".


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De Meerlaan is een koren-, pel- en elektriciteitsmolen in de stad Gistel, in de Belgische provincie West-Vlaanderen. Het is een voorloper van de moderne windturbine; de oudste nog
ingerichte elektriciteitsmolen die er in België (en Europa) nog bestaat. Het ronde bakstenen ondergedeelte is vijftien meter hoog. Hierbovenop staat een kleine staakmolen met zwicht-stelling als kruibaar bovendeel.

De molen werd in 1933 naar model van "'t Merelaantje" (1930, sinds 1973 in Londerzeel) gebouwd in opdracht van Alfred Ronse junior (zoon van Alfred Ronse). Deze Gistelse molenkenner wilde aantonen dat windmolens nog een rol konden spelen voor de opwekking van elektriciteit. De molen is niet bedrijfsvaardig en verkeert in zéér vervallen staat. Het gevlucht, dat voorzien was van het stroomlijnsysteem "Dekker", en de gaanderij/zwichtstelling zijn verwijderd na loskomen van onderdelen hiervan. Restauratieplannen zijn tot dusver nooit uitgevoerd. Sinds 2005 is de stad Gistel de eigenaar.

Zie ook
 Oostmolen
 Lijst van windmolens in België
 Molenechos

Onroerend erfgoed in Gistel
Windmolen in West-Vlaanderen
Voormalige windmolen in België
Beschermd monument in Vlaanderen
Voormalige korenmolen
Voormalige pelmolen

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Explore an Array of Old and New Sights on Amazing Private Aarhus Tours
Where to begin your Amazing private Aarhus Tours? This city, the second largest in Denmark after Copenhagen, is found on the Eastern coast of Jutland Peninsula and has been described as a major city crammed into a mega-village.
Aarhus is actually among the oldest Scandinavian cities founded during the age of the Vikings. However, that is not obvious everywhere with many modern and new developments and a youthful energy thanks to it being a university city.
A popular mode to see the sights of the city is on Aarhus walking tours mainly because you can reach everywhere on foot. The harbour, beach and forest are all within easy reach of each other. Alternatively, to get around quicker take advantage of the many biking tours Aarhus has to offer.
Like Copenhagen, the food industry has grown in popularity and taste. Aarhus is among other great European cities to have the highest number of food manufacturing specialist businesses. It has also been recognised for its expertise in agriculture and food development.
--- AarhusCopenhagen
Top 10 Things to Do in Aarhus
1 The top attraction to see with private Aarhus tours is Den Gamle By, the Old Town Museum. Venture through the years as depicted in the different sections of the museum. As it is a living museum you feel you have walked back in time as you pass people in old attire or workers do their job old style. This is a great place to experience especially for children as they are fascinated to see the goings-on.
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
2 Among the largest in Europe, take an Aarhus private guided tour of the art museum AROS Aarhus Kunstmuseum. You will find it in an impressive work of art building with ten storeys, and it has been ever evolving since it opened in 2004 with new attractions and features such as the circular skywalk. A highlight of any tour here is the Danish Golden Age collection or the Danish Modernism collection.
MOMU Moesgaard Museum
3 Among the largest in Europe take an Aarhus private guided tour of the art museum AROS Aarhus Kunstmuseum. You will find it in a work of art building with ten storeys, and it is ever evolving since it opened in 2004 with new attractions and features such as the circular skywalk. A highlight of any tour here is the Danish Golden Age collection or the Danish Modernism collection.
Marselisborg Palace
4 Another one of the fascinating private Aarhus tours is that of the impressive Marseliborg Palace. This stunning Palace is the Danish Royal Family's summer residence and also where they spend Christmas. The Palace is open for private guided tours to the public when the Royals are not in residence. See the Changing of the Guard by the Life Guard and stroll the beautiful and impeccable Queen's rose garden.
The Viking Museum
5 There is no way anyone can visit Denmark and not visit a Viking Museum well on Aarhus sightseeing tours you can. The Viking Museum is situated in Skt. Clemens Torv' Square in the basement of the Nordea Bank. It was the Vikings who founded Aarhus some 1,200 years ago and it was known as the Viking town of Aros. In the museum, you see artefacts that have been excavated and exhibitions describing what it was like to be a Viking.
Aarhus Cathedral
6 Take an Aarhus private guided tour of Aarhus Cathedral which is dedicated to St. Clemens, The Roman Pope 100 AD. He died as a martyr, drowned with an anchor tied around his neck. On the guided tour you will learn the long history attached to the Cathedral and building. It was built 1201 in Romanesque style and when enlarged became a gothic cathedral by 1520. The features found in the cathedral include a wonderful altarpiece.
Marselisborg Memorial Park
7 Enjoy leisurely Aarhus walking tours to the like of Marselisborg Memorial Park which is located near the Marselisborg Palace. Be sure to visit the Memorial Wall with the names of 4,144 South Jutland Danes who died during the Great War when on compulsory service in the Kaiser's forces. During the summer Cherry grove is in full bloom and very beautiful. This park is a very relaxing area to spend some time reflecting.
The Deer Park
8 An interesting and different place to visit on Aarhus sightseeing tours is the Deer Park found south of the city in the Thors woods. This is where you can feel and get close to the Sika and Fallow deer. Look out of the wild boar too. During the winter, it is possible to go skiing and tobogganing, but you cannot at any time bring dogs, jog, cycle or gather chestnuts or acorns as these are food for the deer.
Møllestien Street
9 A destination sure to be on any Aarhus walking tours is Møllestien. This is a street that as you walk down, you think you are walking into the past as on the first impression it looks like time has stood still here. It is an idyllic cobblestoned street with hollyhocks and old timbered houses. There is plenty of history to be learned here which includes details to do with the women sentenced for witchcraft in 1688.
The Women's Museum in Denmark
10 There are very few Museums dedicated to women's history but on and Aarhus private guided tour, you get to visit The Women's Museum in Denmark. Located in the historic surroundings of the city's old town hall, this museum focuses on women's lives. There is a fascinating exhibition on the history of the two sexes throughout civilisation and the different experiences they had through duties, work and play.
Step Back in Time on an Aarhus Private Guided Tour of Den Gamle By
Den Gamle By is a highly recommended attraction to be seen on an Aarhus private guided tour. You will be sent back in time as you explore this wonderful Old Town Museum. Discover the how things were in the different time districts. It is a living museum which makes it all the more unique.
Other places to visit on private Aarhus sightseeing tours include many varied museums, a theme park, botanic gardens, a palace, cathedral and more.
Great Aarhus outdoor activity tours are popular too such as boating, windsurfing, surfing, diving, kayaking, paddle boarding, hiking, running and golf.
Travel Tips for Aarhus
Best Time To Visit Aarhus
Anytime during mid-April through to November is regarded to be the best time to visit Aarhus. The weather is good. July and August is when it is warmer than the other months and the crowds arrive and prices rise. During May, June and September it is still reasonably warm and ideal for Aarhus sightseeing tours. November to March is when there is snow and cold winds but can still be enjoyable and fun.
Typical Costs in Aarhus
The prices for tourists in Aarhus are slightly lower than Copenhagen. On average a basic meal for one person starts from US$15 or a 3-course meal for two starts from US$80. Accommodation prices vary with seasons but average prices for a 3-star hotel for a night start from US$80 and can rise significantly. Private Aarhus Tours are more expensive during peak season, but there are bargains if you pre-book online.
Know Before Visiting Aarhus
The best advice to give anyone visiting Aarhus is to book as well in advance as you can. It is cheaper that way and the same applies to rebooking all or any Aarhus private guided tours. When in the city on tours, you are advised not to stray away from the group. Aarhus is a safe city, but still, you should not walk alone in the dark in areas you do not know. Always be aware of your surroundings.
Weather in Aarhus
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On May 22, Cathay Pacific announced it would cut 590 jobs in order to drag itself back towards profitability. The restructuring of Hong Kong's flagship carrier will be its biggest in 20 years, as increased competition in Asia puts pressure on its ticket prices.
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Q: Issue with importing formatted numbers over 1,000 with COPY I have a Postgres database and have been trying to import a CSV file into a table with the code below. I keep getting the error

ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type numeric: " 1,183.26 "

I assume the issue is that there is a , in the value but when I go into the CSV and try to edit the value it seems like the , is added automatically by Excel.
COPY invtest5
FROM 'C:\Users\Hank\Downloads\SampleData\SampleDataCSV.csv'
DELIMITER ','
CSV HEADER;

The table definition:
CREATE TABLE invtest5 (
    OrderDate date,
    Region varchar(255),
    Rep varchar(255),
    Item varchar(255),
    Units int,
    Unit_Cost numeric(15,3),
    Total numeric(15,3)
);

I am looking for a way to import the data whether or not the number has a , in it.

A: ' 1,183.26 ' is not a valid numeric literal. COPY is fast and simple, but not fault-tolerant. Requires valid input.
Some options to fix:

*

*Format numbers in Excel without "group separator" (that's what the noise , is).

*Edit the CSV to remove group separators. (But don't remove other commas!)

*If you can afford to ALTER the column type in the target table (i.e. no concurrent load on the DB, you have the necessary privileges, and no depending objects that would block), you could:
ALTER TABLE invtest5
  ALTER unit_cost TYPE text
, ALTER total     TYPE text;     -- both columns?

COPY ...

ALTER TABLE invtest5
  ALTER unit_cost TYPE numeric(15,3) USING (replace(unit_cost, ',', '')::numeric)
, ALTER total     TYPE numeric(15,3) USING (replace(total    , ',', '')::numeric);

The expression (replace(unit_cost, ',', '')::numeric) removes all commas before casting to numeric.
Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed in the cast automatically.
If there are already some rows in the table, existing values are cast back and forth, too, which triggers a whole table rewrite and bloats the table. Not efficient for big tables.

*If you cannot easily fix your CSV and cannot afford to tinker with the target table (or just don't want to bloat it), use a temporary staging table as COPY target, then INSERT from there:

CREATE TEMP tmp_invtest5 AS TABLE invtest5 LIMIT 0;  -- copy basic structure

ALTER TABLE tmp_invtest5
  ALTER unit_cost TYPE text
, ALTER total     TYPE text;     -- both columns?

COPY TO tmp_invtest5 ...

INSERT INTO invtest5
      (orderdate, region, rep, item, units, unit_cost, total)
SELECT orderdate, region, rep, item, units, replace(unit_cost, ',', '')::numeric
                                          , replace(total    , ',', '')::numeric
FROM   tmp_invtest5
-- ORDER BY ??? -- while being at it?

The temporary table is dropped automatically at the end of the session. If you need it gone before that, DROP TABLE tmp_invtest5;.
Related:

*

*How to update selected rows with values from a CSV file in Postgres?

*How to ignore errors with psql \copy meta-command

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