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Sources

Following is a list of sources which we have used to create and support the information on the featured brands and entrepreneurs of German Americans and important Germans which may be found or will soon be found under the Heritage Section in this website.

The Warburg banking family

Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9076087/Warburg-Family

Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=38&letter=W

Die spannende Geschichte der Bankiersfamilie Warburg http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/;art772,2130759

Frederick Weyerhaeuser

Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9076718/Frederick-Weyerhaeuser

German American Corner http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/mtoz/weyerthaeuser.html

Stadt Saulheim http://www.saulheim.de/index.php?action=view&offset=50

Goldman Sachs

Goldmann Sachs http://www.goldman-sachs.de/default/default/history/nav_id,50/menu_id,33/

Hans Böckler Stiftung http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/mbf_faber_finanzinvestoren_2005.pdf

Otto Hermann Kahn

Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9044320/Otto-Hermann-Kahn

German American Corner http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/atol/kahn.html

TIME Magazine Obituary http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,929740,00.html

Otto H. Kahn Papers http://www.oheka.com/index.php?page=history

Paul Julius Reuter

Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9063337/Paul-Julius-baron-von-Reuter

Sueddeutsche Zeitung online http://www.bookrags.com/biography/paul-julius-reuter/

Ruth Westheimer

All about Dr. Ruth http://drruth.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=27

Women’s International Center Biographies http://www.wic.org/bio/westheim.htm

German American Corner http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/mtoz/westheimer.html

Adi Dassler "Adidas“

http://germany.info/relaunch/culture/life/G_Kids/celebrities.htm

http://www.press.adidas.com/de/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-28/41_read-1209/

http://www.brockhaus-suche.de/suche/artikel.php?shortname=b15&artikel_id=206027181

http://www.press.adidas.com/en/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-28/41_read-1203/

http://www.adidas-group.com/de/overview/history/default.asp

Eberhard Anheuser

Eberhard Anheuser at Find-A-Grave www.wikipedia.com

John Jacob Bausch

www.wikipedia.com

http://www.bausch.com/en_US/corporate/corpcomm/general/story.aspx

Adolphus Busch

External links

http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/kingofbeer1.shtml

References

New York Times; October 11, 1913; Adolphus Busch Dies in Prussia; St. Louis's Millionaire Brewer Suffered from Dropsy for Seven Years. Langenschwalbach, Prussia, October 10, 1913. Adolphus Busch, the St. Louis brewer, died here today. Mr. Busch had been a sufferer from dropsy for seven years, but when his son, August A., left here a few weeks ago to join him at his castle on the Rhine,

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9018256/Adolphus-Busch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Busch

Rudolf Diesel

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006011/german/sites/diesel_bio.php3?v=2

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006011/english/sites/diesel.php3?v=2

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/162711/Rudolf-Christian-Karl-Diesel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Diesel

http://www.answers.com/topic/rudolf-diesel

Ferdinand Porsche

http://www.autohistory.org/feature_6.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Porsche

http://www.porsche.com/germany/aboutporsche/porschehistory/milestones/

Gottlieb Daimler

http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/DaimlerGottlieb/

http://www.brockhaus-suche.de/suche/artikel.php?shortname=bnt&artikel_id=5008608

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9028558/Gottlieb-Daimler

click here

BMW AG

http://www.bmwgroup.com/e/nav/index.html?../0_0_www_bmwgroup_com/home/home.html&source=overview

http://www.bmwdrives.com/bmw-history.php

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/41/41758.html

Hans Riegel - HARIBO

Haribo Company Homepage: www.haribo.com

Manager Magazin Online: http://www.manager-magazin.de/koepfe/unternehmerarchiv/0,2828,298262,00.html

http://globalbusinessleaders.org/WebPage/LeaderBio.aspx?leaderCd=l002&levelcd=c03r015

http://www.haribo.com/planet/uk/info/frameset.php

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Haribo-Gummy-Bears&id=1992818

Henry J. Heinz

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9039852/Heinz-Company

http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/pa_hjh.htm

http://www.heinz.com/our-company/about-heinz/history.aspx

http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2004/02/04/258470.html
1876 erfand Henry John Heinz seine "Tomaten-Sauce", February 4, 2007.

http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-j-heinz

http://www.nndb.com/people/126/000057952/

Karl Benz

http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BenzCarlFriedrich/index.html

http://www.mbusa.com/heritage/karl-benz.do

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9078681/Karl-Benz

http://www.brockhaus-suche.de/suche/artikel.php?shortname=bnt&artikel_id=3009812

NIVEA

http://www.niveausa.com/frameset.php

http://www.hamburg-magazin.de/fr_wellness-beauty-nivea-haus.htm

Joseph Hipp

http://www.hipp.de/index.php?id=543

http://www.handelsblatt.com/news/Default.aspx?_p=200038&_t=ft&_b=1017141
Hipp droht mit Weggang aus Deutschland, 12.1.2006

http://www.weltderwunder.de/wdw/WunderlandDeutschland/Sueden/HiPP/Familienunternehmen/?ID=nav_it_f
HiPP – Das Familienunternehmen

Levi Strauss

German Information Center http://germany.info/relaunch/culture/life/G_Kids/celebrities.htm

Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043470/jeans

Levi Strauss Company Homepage

www.levistrauss.com

http://www.levistrauss.com/about/heritage

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/strauss.htm

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Levi-Strauss-amp;-Co-Company-History.html

Levi Strauss Museum Buttenheim http://www.levi-strauss-museum.de/biografie.html

Mercedes-Benz

http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/DaimlerGottlieb/

click Here

http://www.ordain.com/history.htm

http://www.cyberparent.com/wheels/mercedes.htm

http://www.edmunds.com/mercedesbenz/history.html

Timeline: http://www.google.com/search?q=Mercedes+Benz+history&hl=en&prmd=nv&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=ua1yTMzXB4- d4Qbw1aXeCA&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=15&ved=0CFwQ5wIwDg

Richard Hellmann

http://www.linkedin.com/in/rhellmann

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-hellmann-cfa/10/a98/365

Timeline: http://www.google.com/search?q=Richard+Hellmann&hl=en&prmd=io&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=CqxyTOLzHY6S4gb KvvTeCA&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=16&ved=0CFMQ5wIwDw

Rudolf Dassler

History and Timeline: http://www.rudolfdassler.com/

Biographie Rudolf Dassler http://www.brozzas.de/html/know-ad-rud.html

Bayer AG

http://www.bayer.com/en/1881-1914.aspx

http://www.brockhaus-suche.de/suche/artikel.php?shortname=b15&artikel_id=10761900&verweis=1

http://www.bayer.de/de/Unternehmensgeschichte.aspx

SAP AG

http://www.sap.com/germany/company/index.epx

http://www.sap.com/company/index.epx

Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg

http://www.steinway.com/steinway/legendary_collection.shtml

http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/mtoz/steinway.html

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069560/Henry-Engelhard-Steinway#273829.hook

John D. Rockefeller

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9063982/John-D-Rockefeller

http://www.biographyshelf.com/john_d_rockefeller_biography.html

John Jacob Astor

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009983/John-Jacob-Astor

http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/atol/astor.html

Maximilian Berlitz

www.wikipedia.com

http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/atol/berlitz.html

http://www.germanamericanpioneers.org/BerlitzMaximillian.swf?POPUP_ENABLED=true

Paul Carl Beiersdorf

Beiersdorf AG Web Site

Historical Figures at Beiersdorf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Carl_Beiersdorf

http://www.beiersdorf.com/About_Us/Our_History/Founding_History.html

Waldorf and Astor

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Astor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Waldorf_Astor,_1st_Viscount_Astor

William Edward Boeing

http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/boeing.html

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6120/Boeing-William-Edward.html

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/boeing_bio/index.html

Timeline: http://www.google.com/search?q=William+Edward+Boeing&hl=en&prmd=i&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=u6dyTM_vItDK4 gbw__TeCA&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=18&ved=0CFYQ5wIwEQ

Oscar Ferdinand Mayer

http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/bls_01/bls_01_00153.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Mayer;

picture from: http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2006/09/illinois_hall_o_25.html

Paul Volcker

http://www.bookrags.com/biography/paul-volcker/

German Information Center

www.germany.info

First Germans in Jamestown – a commemoration

Tolzmann, Don Heinrich: The German-American Experience

Adams, Willi Paul: The German-Americans. An Ethnic Experience
German Life, June/ July 2007

America's German Heritage, German American National Congress, Cleveland, OH, 1976, adapted by Don Tolzmann: http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/unit19/apen19-j.html

Complete Levi Strauss & Co timeline

http://www.levistrauss.com/sites/default/files/librarydocument/2010/4/LSCo_Heritage_Timeline.pdf

Chronology: The Germans in America (European Reading Room, Library of Congress)

http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/germchro.html

Deutsch-Amerikanisches Dialogzentrum

http://www.dialogzentrum-md.de/aktuelles/news/0612.asp

EH Net – Economic History Services: Immigration to the United States

http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/cohn.immigration.us

The Steuben Society of America

http://www.steubensociety.org/

www.adolf-cluss.de

Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online