Researching Walter Kreiser
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Kreiser surname? In that year Kreiser was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Walter means "powerful warrior" and is of German origin.
Records of Walter Kreiser on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Walter Kreiser and the Kreiser Family History
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Walter Kreiser
Walter Kreiser (born February 10, 1898 in Heilbronn, Germany; died 1958 in Maringá, Brazil) was a German aircraft designer and journalist best known for publishing an article in the magazine Die Weltbühne (‘The World Stage’) in 1929 which exposed the secret creation of a German Air Force in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Its publication resulted in him being convicted in 1931 of espionage in the Weltbühne Trial. He and future (1935) Nobel Peace Prize winner Carl von Ossietzky received 18 months in prison.
Source: Walter Kreiser, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Kreiser
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