Title: The making of an American : the autobiography of a Hungarian immigrant, Appalachian entrepreneur, and OSS officer /
Authors: Himler, Martin, 1888-1961,; Corbin, Cathy Cassady; Cantrell, Doug,; Fenyvesi, Charles, 1937-
Year: 2018
Subjects: Himler, Martin,; Himler Coal Company Biography.; United States. Officials and employees Biography.; United States.; Hungarian Americans Biography; Coal miners United States Biography.; Newspaper editors United States Biography.; Hungarian newspapers United States History; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.; War criminals Hungary.; Intelligence officers United States Biography.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs.; HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); HISTORY United States 20th Century.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Industries Energy Industries.; HISTORY Military World War II.; HISTORY Europe Austria & Hungary.; HISTORY Holocaust.; Coal miners; Employees; Hungarian Americans.; Hungarian newspapers; Intelligence officers; Newspaper editors; War criminals; Hungary; United States
Abstract: "Martin Himler (1889-1961) emigrated from Hungary to America in 1907 and found success as a coal-mining entrepreneur, establishing the Himler Coal Company, the small town of Himlerville, Kentucky--almost completely populated by Hungarian immigrants--and a weekly newspaper, the Hungarian Miners' Journal. At the outbreak of WWII, Himler began working for the OSS with a rankof colonel and arrested and interrogated forty Hungarian Nazi war criminals. Himler's collected evidence and testimony were also used in the Nuremberg trials. Himler wrote his autobiography sometime during his later years when he retired to California but never published it. The autobiography exchanged hands amongst Himler family members and was finally donated to the Martin County Historical Society in 2007. The current manuscript includes the full text of the autobiography, an introduction by Doug Cantrell, and editing and annotations by Cathy Corbin"--
Contents: Mátraverebély -- America -- Investment in America -- I became an American -- Cleveland, Ohio -- Again in coal mine -- Riding the rods -- Romance -- In the show business -- I become a newspaperman -- On the road again -- With mother -- I become a publisher -- I become a coal operator -- Himlerville, Kentucky -- Life in Himlerville -- The lost dream -- The American miner -- Playing God -- In Hungary -- Return home.