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Title: Otto Wiesinger papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1984
Collection Number: 86006
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In German and English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Otto Wiesinger was a German businessman in China and the United States who escaped the siege of Tsingtao, China, in 1914.
The Otto Wiesinger papers (1915-1984) includes correspondence, memoirs, and clippings relating to the siege of Tsingtao, China,
in 1914; Wiesinger's experiences following the siege; social conditions in China during the 1920s; and conditions in Germany
during World War II.
Creator:
Wiesinger, Otto, 1885-1956
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.
[Identification of item], Otto Wiesinger papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Otto Wiesinger was a German businessman in China and the United States. He fought in Tsingtao, China during World War I, and
during the Japanese siege of the city, in 1914, Wiesinger escaped and walked back to Shanghai. He was an importer-exporter
in Shanghai during the 1920s and sought to import arms to support warlord Chang Tso-lin. In the 1930s, he and his wife had
an Asian arts store in San Francisco, in the St. Francis Hotel, that went bankrupt during the Great Depression. In 1938, Wiesinger
returned to Nazi Germany to support Hitler. He lived in Berlin during the Berlin air lift after World War II.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Otto Wiesinger papers (1915-1984) includes correspondence, memoirs, and clippings relating to the siege of Tsingtao,
China, in 1914; Wiesinger's experiences following the siege; social conditions in China during the 1920s; and conditions in
Germany during World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
China -- Social conditions
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- East Asia
Qingdao (China) -- History -- Siege, 1914
Germans -- China