Wilhelm Theodor Oppermann

Male15 March 1924–6 October 1985

Brief Life History of Wilhelm Theodor

When Wilhelm Theodor Oppermann was born on 15 March 1924, in Paderborn, Paderborn, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Theodor Hermann Fritz Oppermann, was 33 and his mother, Maria Schürmann, was 29. In 1985, at the age of 61, his occupation is listed as volksschullehrer in Wewer, Paderborn, Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died on 6 October 1985, in his hometown, at the age of 61, and was buried in Wewer, Paderborn, Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Wilhelm Theodor Oppermann
1924–1985
Brigitte Stegemann
1935–2015

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    World Events (8)

    1933

    Age 9

    Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg.

    1933

    Age 9

    The Third Reich rises to power.

    1945 · Nuremberg War-Crime Trials

    Age 21

    On June 7, 1945, the Nuremberg trials begin, and last into the following year. The tribunal tried 24 Nazi officials and put 12 to death by hanging. In total, there were 216 court hearings.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Armin, Christoph, Erwin, Heinz, Siegfried, Theresia.

    North German: occupational name for a churchwarden or sexton, with particular reference to his task of taking the collection, Middle Low German opperman, from opper(gilt) ‘donation’ (oppern ‘to donate, to sacrifice’, Late Latin operari) + man ‘man’. Compare Opperman and Upperman .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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