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Joesten, Joachim, 1907-1975

LC control no.n 80008534
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingJoesten, Joachim, 1907-1975
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Variant(s)Joesten, Joachim, 1907-
LocatedFrance Berlin (Germany) Copenhagen (Denmark) Sweden New York (N.Y.)
Birth date1907-06-29
Death date1975-08
Place of birthCologne (Germany)
Profession or occupationJournalists Authors
Found inHis Rats in the larder, c1939.
Joesten, Joachim. Oswald, assassin or fall guy?, 1964: title page (Joachim Joesten)
Goodreads, WWW site, April 16, 2016: Joachim Joesten (born in Cologne, Germany, June 29, 1907. Joachim Joesten, the son of a doctor, was born in Cologne, Germany. He attended Nancy University in France and the University of Madrid in Spain. Joesten worked as a journalist for the Weltbuehne ... returned to Berlin in 1928 and established a lending library of books ... After Adolf Hitler gained power Joesten emigrated to France. Later he moved to Copenhagen ... Joesten's first book, Denmark's Day of Doom, was published by Victor Gollancz in 1939. When the German Army arrived in Denmark on 9th April, 1940, Joesten fled to Sweden. After marrying May Nilsson, Joesten and his wife emigrated to the United States. Soon after arriving in New York, Joesten joined Newsweek magazine. In 1944 he became a freelance writer ... his book, 'Oswald, Assassin or Fall Guy?' ... Joesten published and 'The Dark Side of Lyndon Baines Johnson' in 1968 ... Joesten died of cancer in August 1975.)
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Associated languageeng