Researching Otto Eis
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The name Otto means "Form of OTHELLO. Prosperous" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Otto Eis on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Otto Eis and the Eis Family History
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Otto Eis. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Otto Eis
Otto Eis
Otto Eis (1903–1952) was an Austrian-born writer who worked on a number of screenplays. He was born Otto Eisler to a Jewish family in Budapest which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He later moved to Germany, where he was employed in the German film industry. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, he moved to Austria, but had to flee again to France following the Anchluss. Eis later moved to the United States, but struggled to secure work in Hollywood although he wrote scripts for a handful of B pictures. Eis was the brother of Egon Eis with whom he co-wrote the screenplay for The Squeaker (1931).
Source: Otto Eis, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Eis
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