Index of Proper Names
Abbas Hilmi II. Khedive of Egypt, 38, 40, 45
Abdulhamid II. Ottoman Sultan, 28, 29, 31, 38, 39, 44, 52, 53, 54, 55, 65, 69, 70, 349, 350
Abdul Huda. Adviser of Abdulhamid II, 31, 59
Abetz, Otto. German ambassador to France, 274
Adenauer, Konrad. German Chancellor, 168
Adivar, Halid Edib. Turkish writer, 82 al- Afghānī, Jamal al Din. Panislamist leader, 54, 55
al-Gailani, Rashid. Iraqi politican, 232, 233, 234, 236, 239, 240, 242, 248, 249, 255, 261, 266
al-Husseini, Amin. Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, 221, 234, 236, 237, 239, 248, 249, 251, 254, 257, 265, 268, 270, 275
Ali Yusuf, Shaykh. Egyptian nationalist, 38
Almazan, Andreu. Mexican general and politician, 182
Almazan, Elizabeth Pitt de. Mistress of Harold von Oppenheim, 181
al-Mifdai, Jamil. Iraqi politician, 234
al-Mukhtar, Omar. Senussi rebel leader, 235
al-Quwatli, Shukri. Head of anti-colonialist Bloc national in Syria, 275
al-Said, Nuri. Iraqi politician, 234, 246, 249, 251, 256
al-Senussi, Sidi Mohammed bin Ali. Muslim holy man, leader of Senussi brotherhood, 69, 70
al-Senussi, Sidi Mohammed el Mahdi. Son and successor of above, 70-71
al-Senussi, Sayyyid Ahmed Sharif. Successor of el Mahdi as leader of Senoussi, 72, 79-80
al-Suhrawardy, Sir Abdullah al-Ma’mūn. Barrister and Islamic scholar, 48
Amanullah. King of Afghanistan, 250
Arco auf Valley, Anton von. Son of Emmy von Oppenheim, assassin of Kurt Eisner, 201, 202, 203
Arco auf Valley, Ferdinand von. Brother-in-law of Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg, 189, 201
Arendt, Hannah. German-Jewish philosopher, 297
Arslan, Adel. Brother of Shakib Arslan, 268
Arslan, Shakib. Pan-Islamist leader, 209, 231, 232, 233, 247, 248, 268, 275, 369
Artbauer, Otto C. German travel writer, 77
Astor, John Jacob. American businessman, 32
Augusta. Wife of Wilhelm I, Empress of Germany, 4, 7
Bachofen, Johann Jacob. Swiss scholar, 17
Badia y Leblich, Domingo (Ali Bey al-Abbasi). Spanish traveller in Middle East, 14, 26
Badoglio, Field Marshal Pietro. Italian soldier and statesman, 229
Baeck, Leo. Leader of German Jewish Community, 293
Becker, Carl. German oriental scholar, 47, 49, 55, 63, 98, 101, 103, 108, 123
Behrens. Jewish banking family, 179
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista. Explorer of Egyptian antiquities, 18
Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich von. German diplomat, 16, 40, 96
Bessam, Mohammed Ibn. Middle Eastern businessman, 31, 108
Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von. Chancellor of Germany, 84, 97, 333
Bismarck, Herbert von. German Foreign Secretary, son of Otto von Bismarck, 7, 33, 34, 36, 168, 313, 330, 347
Bismarck, Otto von. German Chancellor, 80
Bleichröder. Jewish Banking family, 38, 348
Blomberg, Generaloberst Werner von. German Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of Wehrmacht, 186
Blunt, Lady Jane. British traveller in Middle East, 19
Bopp, Franz. German scholar of historical linguistics, 213
Börries, Freiherr von Münchausen. German poet, 26
Bosch, Robert. German industrialist, 189, 190
Bräunlich, Erich. German oriental scholar, 16, 20, 120, 206, 208, 278, 280
Buchan, John. Novelist. xv, 16, 17
Buckingham, James Silk. Traveller and writer, 14
Bülow, Bernhard-Heinrich von. German Foreign Secretary, 41
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. British novelist, 15
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert. Viceroy of India, 51
Burckhardt, Jacob. Swiss historian, 216
Burckhardt, Jean-Louis (Johann Ludwig). Swiss traveller and explorer, 14, 18, 19
Bürkner, Gottlieb, Admiral. Nazi naval officer, 188
Burton, Richard. British traveller in Middle East, 14, 19, 27
Byron, Lord. Poet, 26
Camecho, Manuel Avila. President of Mexico, 181
Camp, Raymond R. American writer, 150
Campbell Thompson, Reginald. British archaeologist, 109, 129
Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm. Head of the Abwehr (German Counter-Intelligence), 186, 187, 188, 194, 195, 197, 198, 232, 260, 277, 286
Carstens, Asmus. German neo-classical artist, 313
Caskel, Werner. German oriental scholar, 16, 20, 120, 162, 208, 209, 277, 278, 280, 281, 332
Castelle, Friedrich. German journalist and editor, 309
Chan, Wilhelm. Director of Oppenheim Bank, 167
Chassériau, Théodore. Painter, 14
Cholidis, Nadja. Contemporary German archaeologist, 126, 153, 161
Christie, Agatha. British writer, 144
Churchill, Winston. Prime Minister of Great Britain, 188, 194
Clare (Klaar), George. Viennese writer, 173
Clarke, Carter W. Deputy Chief of allied military intelligence, 193
Clauss, Ferdinand. German scholar of race, 211
Colbert, Jean-Bapiste. Seventeenth-century French statesman, 312
Columbani. Chief of Police in French mandate of Syria, 268
Courant, Richard. German-Jewish mathematician, 304
Cromer, Evelyn Baring, Lord. British Consul-General in Egypt, 39, 40, 45, 60, 96, 349
Cudahy, John C. American ambassador to Belgium, 236
Dalton, Sir Hugh. British Labour M.P., 35
Daudet, Alphonse. French writer, 216
de Boer, Tjitze. Dutch oriental scholar, 18
de Gaulle, Charles. Leader of Free French, 240, 261, 263, 264, 265, 272, 273, 331
Delacroix, Eugène. Painter, 14, 17
Delitzsch, Friedrich. German oriental scholar, 22, 214, 215
Deniker, Joseph. Russian-born French naturalist and anthropologist, 213
Dentz, Henri. Vichy-appointed High Commisssioner in Syria, 262, 267
Dicey, Edward. British journalist, 57
Diercks, Gustav. Author of Hie Allah!, 98
Digby, Lady Jane. British adventuress, 19, 29, 344
Disraeli, Benjamin. British Prime Minister, 19, 25, 26, 45, 51, 220
Djemal Pasha. Ottoman Navy Minister, 82, 83, 91, 100, 102, 333
Dodd, William. American ambassador to Germany, 180
Dostoievsky, Feodor. Novelist, 298
Duesterberg, Theodor. Leader of Stahlhelm veterans’ association, 183
Dumas, Alexandre. Writer, 15
Dürer, Albrecht. Artist, 312
Eisner, Kurt. First President of Bavarian Socialist Republic, 201, 202, 203
el-Khalidi, Saleb. Contributor to The Spectator, 69
Engels, Pauline. Mother of Max von Oppenheim, 11
Ensor, James. Painter, 311
Enver Pasha. Ottoman War Minister, 58, 82, 83, 86, 87, 100, 102
Eulenburg, Philipp, Fürst von. German politician and diplomat, 9, 34, 37, 342
Faisal. Son of Hussein, sharif of Mecca, future King of Iraq, 38, 101
Faris Pasha. Sheikh of the Shammar Bedouins, 23
Favray, Antoine de. Painter, 13
Ferguson, Adam. British social and political theorist, 15
Field, Louise Maunsell. American novelist, 150
Fischer, Eugen. Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, 216
Fischer, Fritz. Modern German historian, 42, 102
Fould, Benedict. Jewish banker, 4
Frank, Theodor. Jewish Director of Deutsche Bank, 166
Frankfort, Henri. Director of Warburg Institute, London, 150
Franz Josef. Emperor of Austria, 7
Frederick II. Holy Roman Emperor 319, 320
Frick, Wilhelm. German Interior Minister, 175, 211
Friedrich Wilhelm III. Emperor of Germany, 7
Fritsch, Generaloberst Werner von. Commander-in-Chief of German army, 186
Frommel, Wolfgang. Writer, 295, 322
Funk, Walter. German Minister for Economic Affairs, replacing Schacht, 166
Furtwängler, Wilhelm. Orchestra conductor, 307, 308, 309, 310, 314, 315, 375
Galli, Gottfried, author of Dschihad. Der Heilige Krieg Islams (1915), 99
Games, Stephen. Biographer of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 303, 304
Gauguin, Paul. Painter, 217
Gautier, Theophile. Writer, 313
Geibel, Emanuel. Poet, 101
Gentile, Giovanni. Philosopher, theorist of fascism, 306
George, Stefan. Poet, 174, 289, 295, 316, 317, 318, 320-24, 325, 377
Gérôme, Jean-Léon. Painter, 14, 17
Gersdorff, Rudolf Christian von. German military officer, 197
Gobineau, Count Arthur de. Author of De l’Inégalité des races humaines, 213
Goebbels, Joseph. German Minister of Propaganda, 208, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 315, 374, 375
Goerdeler, Carl. Mayor of Leipzig, leading figure in German Resistance, 174, 187, 189, 190, 194, 195, 197, 286, 289
Goldberg, Szymon. First violinist of Berlin Philharmonic, 307
Goldschmidt-Hergenhahn, Gabriele. Wife of Waldemar von Oppenheim, 179
Goldziher, Ignaz. Hungarian-Jewish scholar of Islam 18, 25, 123
Gordon Childe, V. British Archaeologist, 129, 148
Gordon, Major-General Charles George. Governor of the Sudan, 49
Göring, Hermann. Commander-in-chief of Luftwaffe, 166, 178, 212, 224, 270, 315
Gorst, Sir Eldon. British Consul-General in Egypt, replaced Cromer, 40, 45
Gottheil, Richard. American Semitic scholar, 42
Grant, Madison. American anthropologist, and eugenicist, 213
Granville, George Leveson Gower, Earl. British Foreign Secretary, 52
Grey, Sir Edward. British ambassador to the Porte, later Foreign Secretary, 57, 59, 60, 331
Grobba, Fritz. German diplomat, 231, 232, 233, 234, 244, 245, 247, 248, 250, 254-260, 263, 264, 273, 275, 361, 367, 369, 370
Gropius, Walter. Modern German architect, 302
Gundolf, Friedrich. Jewish disciple of Stefan George, 318
Günther, Hans F.K. German race theorist, 27, 211, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221
Gwinner, Arthur von. Director of Deutsche Bank, 114
Habicht, Theodor. German Foreign Under-Secretary, 243, 250, 253, 254, 257, 270
Haddad, Osman Kemal. Private secretary of al-Husseini, 254, 260
Haffner, Sebastian. German journalist and author, 202
Halim Pasha, Said. Ottoman Grand Vizier, 83
Hambro, Charles Jocelyn. British banker, 194
Harden, Maximilian. German Journalist, 288
Hardinge, Sir Charles. Viceroy of India, 59
Harries, Susie. Writer, author of biography of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 297, 298, 300
Hartmann, Martin. German oriental scholar, 18, 64-67, 71, 342, 350, 351
Hatzfeld, Paul, Graf von. German diplomat, 33, 34, 156, 347
Hauser, Otto. Popular German writer, 221
Hebat. Hurrian mother goddess, 127
Heinitz, Friedrich Anton von. Head of the Prussian Academy, 313
Hentig, Werner Otto von. German diplomat, 226, 232, 233, 237, 250, 259, 260, 263-70, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 295, 329, 332, 370,371
Herwarth, Hans von. German diplomat, 174
Herzfeld, Ernst. German-Jewish oriental scholar and archaeologist, xi, xiii, xxvi, 103, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 153, 207, 209, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 326-28, 337-42
Herzl, Theodor. Founder of modern Zionism, 26
Hess, Rudolf. Hitler’s Deputy-Führer, 236
Hewins, Ralph. British journalist and author, 191
Heydt, Eduard von der. German banker, 156, 205, 206
Himmler, Heinrich. Reichsführer of the SS, head of the Gestapo, 186, 187, 188, 192, 195, 196
Hindemith, Paul. Composer, 308
Hitler, Adolf. German Chancellor, xviii, 96, 164, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 199, 202, 208, 209, 216, 222, 224, 225, 226, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 242, 249, 257, 259, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 277, 278, 286, 287, 289, 290, 294, 302, 303, 305, 317, 318, 319, 320, 329, 338, 345, 357, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 371, 372
Hodler, Ferdinand. Painter, 311
Hogarth, David George. British archaeologist, 119, 330
Holbein, Hans. Painter, 10
Holstein, Friedrich von. Head of political department of German Foreign office, 9, 33, 34, 37, 347, 348-49
Hourani, Albert. British historian of Middle East, 54
Huberman, Bronislaw. Polish- Jewish violinist, 308
Hugenberg, Alfred. German media magnate and rightwing politician, 184, 205
Humann, Carl. German engineer, discoverer of Pergamon, xix
Hussein ibn Ali. Sharif of Mecca, 38, 93, 101
Ibn Saud (Abdul-Aziz). King of Saudi Arabia, 245, 246, 263, 367, 368
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique. Painter, 14, 17
Ismail Pasha. Ottoman Khedive of Egypt, 30, 345
Jäckh, Ernst. German scholar and politician, xvii, xviii, 83, 98, 101, 102, 103, 354
Jensen, Peter. German oriental scholar, 130
Jeremias, Alfred. German oriental scholar, 142
Joachim, Joseph. Violinist and teacher, 308
Jordan, Julius. German archaeologist, 210
Kahler, Erich von. Literary scholar, 318
Kantorowicz, Ernst. Scholar, member of George-Kreis (disciples of poet Stefan George), 220, 295, 316, 317, 318-22, 376-78
Kapara, ruler of small Aramaean kingdom in 9th or 10th century B.C., 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 141
Kaufmann, Otto. Director of Oppenheim Bank, 167
Kessler, Harry Graf. German soldier, diplomat, patron of the arts, 150
Khairi, Sheikh ul-Islam, Grand Mufti of Constantinople, 87, 89, 93
Klemperer, Otto. Conductor, 308
Klinger, Max. Artist, 311
Koldewey, Robert. German architect and archaeologist, famous for his work at Babylon, 124, 126
König, Edeltrud. Colleague of Sir Nicholas Pevsner at Göttingen University, 303
Kreisler, Fritz. Violinist, 308, 316
Kress von Kressenstein, Friedrich Freiherr. German General in WWI, 91
Kristeller, Paul Oskar. German Renaissance scholar, 306
Kümmel, Otto. Director-General of German State Museums, 210
Kurlbaum, Alfred. Father-in-law of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 297
Kurlbaum, Karola (“Lola”). Wife of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 297, 305, 306
Kusserow, Heinrich von. German diplomat and politician, grandson of Salomon Oppenheim, 10, 29
Laborde, Léon de. French archaeologist and explorer of Middle East, 14
Landau, Jacob. Historian of Middle East, 55, 58, 103
Landmann, Edith. Philosopher, Jewish disciple of Stefan George, 293, 318, 322-324
Landmann, Julius. Economist, admirer of Stefan George, 318
Langenegger, Felix. German architect, 130, 340
Lapouge, Georges Vacher de. French eugenicist and race scholar, 213
Lawrence, T.E. (“Lawrence of Arabia”). British army officer and archaologist, xix, 19, 101, 119, 129, 265, 330
Layard, Austen Henry. British excavator of Nineveh, 135
Lepsius, Johannes. German Orientalist and missionary, 100-101, 103
Lepsius, Karl Richard. German explorer, 14
Levetzov, Magnus von. German naval officer, Berlin chief of police, 224
Liebermann, Max. Painter, 310, 313, 375
Linant de Bellefonds, Louis. French engineer, explorer of Egypt, 14
Loesener, Bernhard. In charge of racial affairs, German Ministry of the Interior, 175-77
Loewenstein, Leo. Officer of Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten, 290
Louis Ferdinand. Second son of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, 223
Louis XIV. King of France, 312
Lowther, Sir Gerard. British ambassador to the Porte, 57, 59
Lubenchik, Naftali. Revisionist Zionist, 269
Lueger, Karl. Austrian politician, mayor of Vienna, 173
“Mahdi” of Sudan (Muhammad Ahmed bin Abdallah), 71
Mallowan, Max. British archaeologist, 129, 144
Maluf, Tannus and Elias. Max Oppenheim’s Lebanese servants, 122
Martin, Lutz. Contemporary German archaeologist, 161
Mayer, Paul Yogi. Founder of Jewish youth group Schwarzes Fähnlein, 290
McEwan, C.W. American archaeologist, 212,328
McMeekin, Sean. Contemporary historian, 329
Méchin, Jacques-Benoist. French writer and diplomat, 274
Meissner, Bruno. German scholar of early languages, 130
Meissner, Heinrich August. German engineer, 44
Melchers, Wilhelm. Head of Middle East section of German Foreign Office, 260-63, 264
Melka, Robert. American historian, 268, 273-74
Memling, Hans. Painter, 10
Mendelssohn, Jewish banking family, 38, 165, 348
Mendelssohn, Felix. German composer, 308
Menemencioglu, Numan. Secretary-General, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 271
Mercier, Louis. French oriental scholar, 77
Metternich. See Wolff-Metternich Metzger, Chantal. French historian, 232, 268
Michelet, Jules. French historian, 17
Midjwel el Meșrab, Sheikh. Last husband of Lady Jane Digby, 29
Milch, Erhard. State Secretary of German Aviation Ministry, 178, 286, 332
Mittwoch, Eugen. German-Jewish Oriental scholar, 92, 209
Moltke, Helmuth, “the Elder.” German military chief, hero of Franco-Prussian war, 80
Moltke, Helmuth, “the Younger.” Chief of General Staff at outbreak of WWI, 80, 94
Moortgat, Anton. Belgian-born German archaeologist, 207, 341
Moortgat-Correns, Ursula. German archaeologist, 162
Morgenthau, Henry. American Ambassador to the Porte, 89-91, 95
Moritz, Bernhard. German oriental scholar, 93, 110, 208, 237, 238
Morris, William. British artist and social critic, 302
Morwitz, Ernst. Jewish friend and disciple of Stefan George, 174, 318
Moscheles, Ignaz. Czech-Jewish composer, 97
Mosley, Sir Oswald. Leader of British Union of Fascists, 225
Müller, Karl. German architect, 130
Müller, Max. German orientalist and philosopher, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, 213
Mukhtar Pasha, Gazi Ahmed. Ottoman High Commissioner in Egypt, 40, 41
Munch, Edvard. Painter, 311
Munir Pasha, Salih. Ottoman ambassador to France, 57
Musil, Alois. Explorer and scholar of the Middle East, cousin of the celebrated writer, 15
Mussolini, Benito. Italian Head of State, 192, 229, 235, 259
Mustafa Pasha, Kamil. Egyptian nationalist, 38, 44
Nadolny, Rudolf. German ambassador to Soviet Union, 174, 354
Napoleon I. Emperor of France, 31, 80, 300, 346
Napoleon III, 80
Naumann, Friedrich. German journalist, 41
Naumann, Max. Founder of Verband deutsch-nationaler Juden, 287-89, 323
Neurath, Freiherr Konstantin von. German Foreign Minister, 208, 210
Nicolson, Sir Arthur. British diplomat, 57, 59
Nicolson, Sir Harold. British politician, 35
Nicosia, Francis. American historian, 237-38, 270
Niebuhr, Carsten. Danish explorer of Middle East, 14, 18
Niedermayer, Oskar von. German soldier and adventurer, 92, 233, 266, 370
Oppenheim. German Jewish banking family, 3-10, 107-108, 151, 163-64, 167-70, 171, 198, 203, 205, 326, 328
Oppenheim, Abraham, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 168, 169
Oppenheim, Albert von. Father of Max, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 29, 168
Oppenheim, Alfred von, 129
Oppenheim, Charlotte, 4, 6, 7, 10, 168, 169
Oppenheim, Dagobert (David), 5, 10, 168, 169
Oppenheim, Eberhard von, 179, 180, 201
Oppenheim, Eduard von, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 29, 156, 205
Oppenheim, Eva von, 10
Oppenheim, Florence (Flossy) von, 6, 9, 196
Oppenheim, Friedrich Carl von, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172, 179-80, 182, 184, 197-201, 277, 280-81, 326, 328
Oppenheim, Gabriele von, 179
Oppenheim, Harold von, 181, 222
Oppenheim, Max von. Passim Oppenheim, Ruth von, 179-80, 200
Oppenheim, Salomon, 3, 4, 9, 10
Oppenheim, Simon, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11
Oppenheim, Simon Alfred von, 8, 9, 30, 156, 168, 179, 180, 181, 201, 203, 222, 277, 280
Oppenheim, Waldemar von, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 187-97, 201, 203, 205, 222, 226, 228, 277, 280, 291, 326, 328
Oppenheim, Wanda von, 280
Oster, Major-General Hans. Deputy-Head of Abwehr (German Counter-Intelligence), 187, 195
Özcan, Azmi. Modern Turkish historian 49
Palgrave, William Gifford. Arabist and traveller in Middle East, 14, 18, 19
Pavlov, Aleksander A. TASS correspondent in Stockholm, 193
Peel, William Robert Wellesley, 1st Earl. Chairman of the Peel Commission, 249
Perlmann, Annie. Mother of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 296
Pétain, Marshal Philippe. Chief of State of Vichy France, 262, 263
Peters, Karl. Reichsminister for the Kilimanjaro region of German East Africa, 57
Peters, Rudolf. Contemporary Dutch scholar of Islam, 76-78
Petersen, Rudolf. Hamburg businessman, 178-79
Pevsner, Dieter and Florence. Son and daughter-in-law of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 296
Pevsner, Sir Nicholas. German-born British art historian, 296-316, 373-76
Pevsner, Tom. Son of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 304
Pewsner, Hugo (Gilel). Father of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 296
Pferdmenges, Robert. German banker, partner of Sal. Oppenheim jr. Bank, 168, 169, 170, 180, 199
Pinder, Wilhelm. German art historian, teacher of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, 298, 301.
Playfair, General I.S.O. British historian of war in Middle East., 261, 265
Pocci, Franz, Graf von. Popular nineteenth-century Bavarian artist and composer, 280
Pocci, Franz-Karl, Graf von. Son of Franz von Pocci; husband of Wanda von Oppenheim, 280
Pococke, Richard. British traveller in Middle East, 14
Prüfer, Curt. German diplomat, 42, 206, 227-29, 231, 232, 233, 234, 243, 258, 259, 275, 330, 331, 360
Puaux. Gabriel. French High Commissioner in Syria, 246, 262, 331, 367
Quaatz, Reinhold. Adviser and confidant of Alfred von Hugenberg, 184
Quatremère de Quincy, Antoine-Chrysostome. French archaeologist and theorist of architecture, 300
Quinet, Edgar. French historian, 17
Rabeh. Leader of private army in Africa, 30, 31, 346
Rahn, Rudolf. Official at German embassy in Paris, 274
Raphael. Painter, 312
Rathenau, Walter. German statesman, 288, 297
Reinerth, Hans. Scholar of pre-history, 211
Reinhardt, Max. Theater director, 308
Rembrandt van Rijn. Painter, 10, 312
Renan, Ernest. French scholar and writer, 21, 213-15, 343, 358
Reuter, Gabriele. German novelist, 150
Ribbentrop, Joachim von. German Foreign Minister, 191, 195, 210, 236, 243, 244, 250, 254, 259, 260, 262, 263, 270, 314
Richthofen, Herbert von. German diplomat, 228, 232
Rigg, Bryan. American historian, 177, 286
Ritterbusch, Paul. German legal scholar and academic, 209
Robertson, Ritchie. British literary scholar, 325
Rogge, Bernhard. German naval commander, 286, 332
Rohlfs, Friedrich Gerhard. German geographer and explorer, 20, 80
Roosevelt, Franklin D. President of U.S.A., 188, 222
Rosen, Friedrich. German oriental scholar and diplomat, 93, 97
Rosenberg, Alfred. National Socialist ideologist and racial theorist, 178, 211, 250
Roser, Alfred. German Intelligence agent, 260, 265, 267, 370, 371
Rubens, Peter Paul. Painter, 10
Rügemer, Werner. German journalist and writer, 170
Ruisdael, Jacob. Painter, 10
Rumbold, Sir Horace. Vice-Chairman of Peel Commission, 249, 250
Russell, Gordon. British furniture designer, 306
Said, Edward. Modern American scholar, 14
Saladin. First Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founder of Ayyubid dynasty, 28, 42, 98, 99
Sarre, Frau Professor. Wife of German oriental scholar Friedrich Sarre, 337
Sarruma. Hurrian god of the mountains, 127
Saxe Coburg Gotha, Carl-Eduard, Graf von, 32
Schabinger von Schowingen, Karl-Emil. German diplomat, successor of Max von Oppenheim as director of Nachrichtenstelle für den Orient, xxiv, 87, 89, 92, 353
Schacht, Hjalmar. President of Reichsbank and German Minister of Economics, 164, 166, 198, 358
Scheel, Helmuth. German Oriental scholar, Director of Berlin Akademie der Wissenschaften, 209, 281
Schellenberg, Walther. Head of German foreign intellligence after dissolution of Abwehr (1944), 196
Schiller, Friedrich. German poet, 313
Schliemann, Heinrich. German amateur archaeologist, excavator of Troy, xix
Schmidt, Hubert. German scholar of pre-history, 130
Schnabel, Arthur. Pianist, 308
Schoen, Freiherr Wilhelm von. German diplomat and Foreign Secretary, 38, 43
Schoeps, Hans-Joachim. Prussian-Jewish historian and philosopher of religion, 185-86, 287, 293-96, 316, 325, 372
Schröder, Kurt von. Cologne banker, 192
Schubert, Franz. Composer, 181
Schurman, Jacob Gould. U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 153
Schwanitz, Wolfgang G. Contemporary scholar of Middle East, xix-xx, xxiv, 248, 258, 370
Sebottendorf, Rudolf von. Founder of the Thule Gesellschaft, 202
Seidt, Hans Ulrich. Contemporary German historian, 102-103, 235-36, 353-54, 361
Seldte, Franz. Founder and leader of Stahlhelm veterans’ association, 183
Senoussi. See al-Senoussi Seton-Williams, Marjorie. Australian archaeologist, 226
Teniers, David. Painter, 10
Teshub. Hurrian weather god, 127
Thyssen, August. German industrialist, 156
Tolstoy, Lev. Writer, 48
Tönnies, Ferdinand. German sociologist, 299
Toynbee, Arnold J. British historian, 82
Ungnad, Arthur. German oriental scholar, 21, 22, 27, 133, 213, 214, 215-19, 220, 221, 343-44, 359-60
Vallentin, Berthold. German writer, member of, George-Kreis, 318
van Gogh, Vincent. Painter, 234
Vanderbilt Jr., Cornelius. Grandson of the American railroad magnate, journalist and newspaper publisher, 222, 223-25
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Grace Cornelius. Wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt III, 32
Velasquez, Diego. Painter, 10
Verlaine, Paul. Poet, 310, 313
Victoria. Queen of Great Britain, Empress of India, 51
Victoria. Wife of Friedrich Wilhelm III, Emperor of Germany, daughter of Queen Victoria, 7
Vogeler, Heinrich. German artist, 300
Von Papen, Franz. German statesman and diplomat, 95, 184, 192, 209, 248, 251, 252, 254, 256, 258-60, 262, 271
Vorontsov, Captain Mikhail Aleksandrovich. Soviet officer, 193
Voysey, Charles. British architect, 302
Wallach, Jeduda L. Israeli scholar, 103
Wallenberg. Swedish banking family, 189, 190, 193
Wallenberg, Gertrud, 189
Wallenberg, Jacob, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148
Wallenberg, Marcus, 143, 146, 147, 148
Wallott, Paul. German architect, 216
Walter, Bruno. German musician, 308
Wangenheim, Hans Freiherr von. German Ambassador to the Porte, 40, 86, 87, 96, 99, 100, 333
Warburg. German Jewish banking family, 164, 166, 167, 169, 171, 289
Warburg, Aby. German art and cultural historian, 25
Warschauer. German Jewish banking family, 38, 348
Wassermann, Oscar. Jewish Director of Deutsche Bank, 166, 172
Wassmuss, Wilhelm. German diplomat, 92, 265
Wavell, Sir Archibald. British commander-in-chief in the Middle East, 262
Weidner, Ernst. Austrian oriental scholar, 210
Weizmann, Chaim. Chemist and Zionist leader, 10
Weizsäcker, Ernst von. German Foreign Secretary, 187, 226, 233, 237, 244, 254, 257, 258, 260, 262, 263, 271
Werner, Anton von. German artist, 313
Whistler, James McNeill. American artist, 310
Wilde, Oscar. Writer, 310, 313
Wilhelm I. Emperor of Germany, 7
Wilhelm II. Emperor of Germany, 9, 18, 28, 37, 40, 41, 43, 47, 86, 89, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 109, 121, 178, 223, 275, 297, 326, 331
Wilhelm, son of Wilhelm II. Crown Prince of Germany, 223
Wilson, Francesca. British Quaker, friend of colleague of N. Pevsner at Göttingen, 304, 305
Woermann, Ernst. German Foreign Under-Secretary, 239, 242, 244, 252, 253-54, 257, 270-71, 274
Wohlthat, Helmut. Official in charge of foreign currency questions at German Ministry of Economics, 198
Wolff-Metternich, Count Paul. German diplomat, 36, 39, 40, 100, 352-53
Woolf, Virginia and Leonard. British writers, 35
Woolley, Sir Charles Leonard. British archaeologist, excavated at Ur, 129, 130, 132, 330
Zimmermann, Arthur, German diplomat and Foreign Secretary, 95, 353
Zuber Pasha. Leader of a private army that conquered Darfur for Egyptian Khedive, 30