Jakob Hudson Nacken or Jacob Nacken (15 February 1906 – 29 March 1987) was a German circus performer active in Europe and the United States. He began his career as an exceptionally tall person while a teenager, performing in a traveling circus, and appeared in the 1939 New York World's Fair. Nacken was the tallest soldier in the German Army during World War II at a height of seven feet three inches (2.21 m). He was employed as a giant Santa Claus and appeared on American television as a figure of high stature and in freak shows as the World's Tallest Man.
Jakob Hudson Nacken or Jacob Nacken (15 February 1906 – 29 March 1987) was a German circus performer active in Europe and the United States. He began...
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become a werewolf, and if a daughter, a Mara. [citation needed] Nøkken, näcken, or strömkarlen, is a dangerous fresh water-dwelling creature. The nøkk...
romantic and mystic/spiritual qualities. Perhaps the best known are the poem "Näcken," a romantic verse-based poem about the Nix; Till förruttnelsen ('For Decay')...
Five songs for middle voice and piano "Madrigal" (Ins Joch beug' ich den Nacken) "Winternacht" (Mit Regen und Sturmgebrause) "Lob des Leidens" (Oh schmäht...
OCLC 918039674. Wolf, Manuel (2009). Luftkrieg über Europa 1939–1945, die Angst im Nacken (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuch-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-613-03084-8. Andreev...
feminist, author Nahum Goldmann, president of World Jewish Congress Amalie Nacken (1855–1940), Munich-based philanthropist Josel of Rosheim, court Jew and...
incidental music for a "dramatic runic sorcery" titled The Watersprite (Näcken); Wegelius composed Nos. 1 and 3–6, while Sibelius wrote No. 2. A separate...
1920 Reinhard Mumm German National People’s Party 20 (Westfalen-Süd) Josef Nacken Centre 23 (Köln-Aachen) Anna Nemitz USPD 9 (Liegnitz) SPD in September 1922...
Special prize for Writing: Benno Pludra Young People's Prize: Krokodil im Nacken by Klaus Kordon, ISBN 3-407-80893-3 Nominees: Eine für vier (Sisterhood...
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