Brief Life History of Hermann
When Hermann Holz was born on 9 May 1900, in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany, his father, Hermann Holz, was 25 and his mother, Minna Bertha Wiechert, was 17. He died in 1944, at the age of 44.
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Parents and Siblings
1874–1948 Male
1882–1956 Female
Siblings (7)
1899– Female
1900–1944 Male
1902–1985 Male
1904– Female
1912–1989 Male
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World Events (3)
1914
Age 14
1914 · Germany declares war on Russia
Age 14
1918
Age 18
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Dieter, Erna, Fritz, Gunther, Manfred, Otto, Ulrich, Bernhard, Erhardt, Erwin.
German: topographic name for a forest dweller, from Middle High German holz ‘wood, copse’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Holz ‘wood’, either an artificial name or a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter or someone who sold wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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