When Erika Schumann was born on 29 November 1926, in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany, her father, Heinrich Hermann Karl Schumann, was 31 and her mother, Klara Martha Simmrodt, was 27. She died on 28 September 2009, in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 82.
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Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg.
The Third Reich rises to power.
On July 4 1954, Germany defeats Hungary 3-2 to win their first world cup. This was a huge upset as the Hungarian side came into the tournament heavily favored as being ""by far the best team in the world.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Gerhard, Hans, Juergen, Reinhard, Wolfgang, Arno, Heinz, Helmut, Klaus, Benno.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a shoemaker, from Middle High German schuoch ‘shoe’ + man ‘man’, German Schuh + Mann. This surname is also found in Denmark and Sweden.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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