Jessica schwarzkopf
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Born in 1896, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf graduated from West Point in 1917 and left for Europe to serve in the First World War. After the armistice, he was appointed military police chief of an occupied German town a position which would ultimately shape his career. In 1921, soon after leaving the service and returning to New Jersey, the Governor of New Jersey appointed Col. Schwarzkopf to organize and lead the New Jersey State Police.
Col. Schwarzkopf was tough. Of the first 116 recruits, he admitted only eighty-one. By March of 1932, he had shaped the New Jersey State Police into a sizable and effective law enforcement agency. Upon learning of the Lindbergh kidnapping, Col. Schwarzkopf established a command center at the Hopewell estate. Initially, he found his investigation impeded by the Lindberghs' desire to negotiate with the kidnappers for the return of their child. Once the childs body was found, Col. Schwarzkopf took complete control of the investigation. At the request of the Governor, he re
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Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
United States Army general (1934–2012)
"Norman Schwarzkopf" redirects here. For his father, the major general and lead investigator in the Lindbergh kidnapping, see Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.
General Norman Schwarzkopf | |
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| Birth name | Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. |
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| Born | (1934-08-22)22 August 1934 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | 27 December 2012(2012-12-27) (aged 78) Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Buried | West Point Cemetery, New York, U.S. |
| Service / branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1956–1991 |
| Rank | General |
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| Alma mater | United States Military Academy (BS) University of Southern California (MEng) |
| Spouse(s) | Brenda Holsinger (m. 1968) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relations | Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. |
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Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.KCB (SHWORTS-kof; 22 August 1934 – 27 December 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German-born opera soprano (1915–2006)
Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, DBE (German:[eˌliːzabɛtˈʃvaʁt͡skɔp͡f]ⓘ; 9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano. She was among the foremost singers of lieder, and is renowned for her performances of Viennese operetta, as well as the operas of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss.[1][2] After retiring from the stage, she was a voice teacher internationally. She is considered one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century.[3]
Early life
Schwarzkopf was born on 9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in the Province of Posen in Prussia, Germany (now in Poland), to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth (née Fröhlich). Schwarzkopf performed in her first opera in 1928, as Eurydice in a school production of Gluck'sOrfeo ed Euridice in Magdeburg, Germany. In 1934, Schwarzkopf began her musical studies at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, where her singing tutor, Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, attempted to train
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