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Drath, Viola Herms

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Personal name headingDrath, Viola Herms
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Birth date1920-02-08
Death date2011-08-11
Place of birthDüsseldorf (Germany)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
AffiliationUniversity of Nebraska (Lincoln campus)
Profession or occupationJournalists Socialites
Found inReporter in Deutschland, 1959: t.p. (Viola Herms Drath)
Willy Brandt, prisoner of his past, ©1975: t.p. (Viola Herms Drath)
Wikipedia, viewed 26 July 2022: Viola Herms Drath (Washington, D.C., socialite who was a notable figure in German-American relations for over thirty years; born Viola Herms in Düsseldorf, Germany, on February 8, 1920; after World War II, worked as a German interpreter in Munich and as a playwright; met the American deputy military governor of Bavaria, married him, and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska; studied for an advanced degree in literature and philosophy at the University of Nebraska; reporter and correspondent for various publications; moved to Washington, D.C., with her husband, who died in 1986; married again in 1990; murdered by her husband in Washington, D.C., on August 11, 2011)