. . "Fred S. Gichner correspondence"@eng . "Fred S. Gichner (1870-1956) was born in Bielitz, Austria (now Bielsko-Biała, Poland) and was trained in ornamental ironwork in Vienna. He immigrated to the United States in the late 1880s, and established the Fred S. Gichner Iron Works in Washington, D.C. During the late 1930s and early 1940s he provided affidavits and financial assistance to help relatives in Europe immigrate to the United States."@eng . "Fred S. Gichner correspondence"@eng . .