United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
From 1938 to 1939, William (Bill) F. Hayden studied German at the university in Frankfurt, Germany, and earned a Master's degree. Following the completion of his academic program, he toured the country. While in Munich, Germany, he met Marie Gräfin von Geldern-Egmond, and they married in May 1939. They returned to the United States in 1939. Bill and Marie had a daughter, Margaret.
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The collection consists of newspapers, a poster/newspaper insert, and seven stamps with a portrait of Adolf Hitler issued in Nazi Germany in 1938-1939. Collected by William (Bill) F. Hayden (donor's father) while he studied German in Frankfurt, Germany. Upon completion of his studeis, he returned to the United States in 1939.
William F. Hayden papers