Dennis Gabor
Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in Germany for several years, but moved to England when Adolf Hitler came to power. he invented holography in...
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Janina Gehlau
Janina Gehlau, from Dusseldorf, Germany, was studying for a Masters degree and completing her dissertation in London. Aged 26 she was killed by a left-turning lorry at Ludgate Circus. March 2016: ...
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King George II
Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760. Notable as the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers (in Germany, against the French). Also the king w...
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Arnold A. M. G. Gerlach
A German WW1 internee at Alexandra Palace who died there and was buried in New Southgate Cemetery. AN558
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German Evangelical Church Sydenham
Founded by ​​wealthy German businessmen and artisans who left the City of London for the relative peace of Forest Hill.  Temporary accommodation was used from 1875 until this pictured church was bu...
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German internees at Alexandra Palace - WW1
These were not members of the German armed forces, they were Germans living in the UK, civilians who were considered to be enemy aliens and thus needed to be locked up for the duration. Their Engli...
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German Lutheran church in Hanbury Street
Occupied the building until sometime between 1818 and 1828. See German Lutheran church in London for an overview.
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Helena Gluckstein
Born Helena Horn in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Wife to Lehmann. Their eldest son was Samuel (1821-73), the co-founder of Salmon and Gluckstein. Helena died in Soho. See Lehmann Gluckstein for m...
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Lehmann Gluckstein
Asher Lehmann Meyer Gluckstein was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. HIs family chose the surname Gluckstein (lucky stone) when living under Napoleonic rule in Bremen (now in Germany). As a you...
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