Karl Henry von Wiegand
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Karl Henry von Wiegand was a German born American journalist and war correspondent. Von Wiegand became one of the longest-serving American journalists stationed in Berlin, Germany.
Von Wiegand in 1932
Journalists being photographed before a launch of the Graf Zeppelin, left to right: Karl H. von Wiegand, Lady Drummond-Hay, Rolf Brand, and Robert Hartmann
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
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LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German passenger-carrying hydrogen-filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service. The ship was nam
Karl Henry von Wiegand
…Von Wiegand was hired by International News Service as its correspondent in Berlin. He was one of the Hearst Press reporters on at least two of the Graf Zeppelin flights, usually accompanying fellow Hearst reporter Lady Hay Drummond-Hay. Von Wiegand was one of the first American journalists to interview Hitler…
The Graf Zeppelin landing
One of the engine nacelles, preserved in Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
Gondola deck plan
Theo Matejko's drawing of the crew accommodation on the keel corridor from the first transatlantic flight