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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Bergerson, Andrew Stuart//Gerhalter, Li//Logge, Thorsten, editors |
| Title, Monographic | From Langenbrueck to Kansas City : The Kiefer-Scholz family |
| Place of Publication | [Hamburg] |
| Publisher | Hamburg Agency for Civic Education |
| Date of Publication | 2021 |
| Extent of Work | 177 pages : color illustrations, portraits |
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| Abstract | "In 1911, Thekla E. Scholz migrated at the age of 23 from her rural village in Upper Silesia to work as a maid in the United States. She and her husband Robert J. Kiefer, an itinerant cabinet maker and musician, settled in Kansas City after he served in the German Army in the First World War. Thanks to Thekla Scholz's lifelong habit of preserving holy cards, letters, photographs, and postcards, scholars can study her migration and subsequent life in Missouri as well as the ongoing challenges faced by her family and friends in both countries." |
| Call Number | Digital file (PDF) |
| MKI Terms | Germans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History -- 20th century/ Kiefer, Thekla E. Scholz, 1888-1975/ Kiefer, Robert J., 1886-1935/ Kansas City (Mo.) -- Emigration and immigration |