- Summary
- "Martin Himler (1889-1961) emigrated from Hungary to America in 1907 and found success as a coal-mining entrepreneur, establishing the Himler Coal Company, the small town of Himlerville, Kentucky--almost completely populated by Hungarian immigrants--and a weekly newspaper, the Hungarian Miners' Journal. At the outbreak of WWII, Himler began working for the OSS with a rankof colonel and arrested and interrogated forty Hungarian Nazi war criminals. Himler's collected evidence and testimony were also used in the Nuremberg trials. Himler wrote his autobiography sometime during his later years when he retired to California but never published it. The autobiography exchanged hands amongst Himler family members and was finally donated to the Martin County Historical Society in 2007. The current manuscript includes the full text of the autobiography, an introduction by Doug Cantrell, and editing and annotations by Cathy Corbin"-- Provided by publisher.
- Series
- Appalachian echoes
Appalachian echoes.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Himler, Martin, 1888-1961, author.
- Published
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2018]
- Locale
- United States
Hungary
Europe
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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Mátraverebély
America
Investment in America
I became an American
Cleveland, Ohio
Again in coal mine
Riding the rods
Romance
In the show business
I become a newspaperman
On the road again
With mother
I become a publisher
I become a coal operator
Himlerville, Kentucky
Life in Himlerville
The lost dream
The American miner
Playing God
In Hungary
Return home.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Corbin, Cathy Cassady, editor.
Cantrell, Doug, writer of introduction.
Fenyvesi, Charles, 1937- writer of supplementary textual content.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mátraverebély -- America -- Investment in America -- I became an American -- Cleveland, Ohio -- Again in coal mine -- Riding the rods -- Romance -- In the show business -- I become a newspaperman -- On the road again -- With mother -- I become a publisher -- I become a coal operator -- Himlerville, Kentucky -- Life in Himlerville -- The lost dream -- The American miner -- Playing God -- In Hungary -- Return home.
