Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger — diplomat with roots in the Russian Empire (in part)

Henry Kissinger. US Secretary of State, born in Fürth, Bavaria. No documented connection to the Russian Empire. He was born in Fürth, Bavaria, in 1923 to a German-Jewish family: his father, Louis Kissinger, was a schoolteacher from Lower Franconia and his mother, Paula Stern, came from Leutershausen. The family left Germany in 1938 and reached New York on 5 September.

Tracing the roots — Fürth, Bavaria (Germany) - no Russian Empire link documented

No documented connection to the Russian Empire. He was born in Fürth, Bavaria, in 1923 to a German-Jewish family: his father, Louis Kissinger, was a schoolteacher from Lower Franconia and his mother, Paula Stern, came from Leutershausen. The family left Germany in 1938 and reached New York on 5 September.

Background described in reference works as German-Jewish with some ancestry in Eastern Europe under Russian and other empires.[web:17]

Historical context

Russian Empire · c. 1721–1917

Fürth, Bavaria (Germany) - no Russian Empire link documented. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.

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A career defined by ambition