When Johannes Hofmann was born on 14 June 1861, in Oberburg, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Hofmann, was 32 and his mother, Anna Schmutz, was 24.
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Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Switzerland organizes Red Cross units during World War I.
Treaty of Versailles reaffirms Swiss neutrality.
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Otto, Ernst, Erwin, Kurt, Gerhard, Helmut, Klaus, Fritz, Heinz, Ruedi, Wilhelm.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hoffmann . This form of the surname is also found in Denmark.
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