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Schaper Toys Games
Schaper is a German and Dutch surname. Notable people with it include: *Edzard Schaper (1908–1984), German author *Hermann Schaper (1911–2002), German SS officer and war criminal * Robert N. Schaper (1922–2007), American evangelical theologian and seminary professor * W. Herbert Schaper (1914–1980), American inventor of board games and founder of W. H. Schaper Manufacturing Co.. See also *Michiel Schapers Michiel Schapers (born 11 October 1959) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. Tennis career Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarterfi ... (born 1959), Dutch tennis player {{surname, Schaper German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Schaper
Edzard Schaper (30 September 1908 – 29 January 1984) was a German author. Many of his works describe the persecution of Christians. Awards *1967 Gottfried-Keller-Preis *1969 Konrad Adenauer Prize for literature Works * ''Der letzte Gast''. Bonz, Stuttgart 1927. * ''Die Bekenntnisse des Försters Patrik Doyle''. Bonz, Stuttgart 1928. * ''Die Insel Tütarsaar''. Insel, Leipzig 1933. * ''Erde über dem Meer. Roman einer kämpfenden Jugend''. Die Buchgemeinde, Berlin 1934. * ''Die sterbende Kirche''. Insel, Leipzig 1935. * ''Der Henker''. Insel, Leipzig 1940; durchgesehene Neuausgabe: Artemis, Zürich 1978, . * '' Der letzte Advent''. Atlantis, Freiburg 1949. * ''Die Freiheit des Gefangenen''. Hegner, Köln 1950. * ''Die Macht der Ohnmächtigen''. Hegner, Köln 1952. * ''Der Gouverneur oder Der glückselige Schuldner''. Hegner, Köln 1954. * ''Die letzte Welt''. Hegner, Köln 1956. * ''Attentat auf den Mächtigen''. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1957 * ''Das Tier oder Die Geschicht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Schaper
Hermann Schaper (August 1911 – 2002), was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was a Holocaust perpetrator responsible for atrocities committed by the ''Einsatzgruppen'' in German-occupied Poland and the Soviet Union and was convicted after the war of numerous war crimes. SS career Schaper joined the Schutzstaffel and was promoted to the rank of SS-''Untersturmführer'' on 20 April 1935. He achieved the rank of SS-''Obersturmführer'' on 20 April 1937. Before the 1939 invasion of Poland, Schaper worked at the Sicherheitsdienst, SD principal offices of Nazi Germany. During the German occupation of Poland Schaper served as commander of ''Kommando SS Zichenau-Schröttersburg'' – a Nazi ''Einsatzgruppe'', one of five such formations created in eastern Poland and composed of 500–1000 functionaries of the SS and Gestapo. Schaper operated in the Płock (renamed Schröttersburg) district administered by Count von der Groeben. His superior was SS-''Sturmbannführer'' Hartmu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert N
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schaper Toys
Schaper Toys, or W.H. Schaper Mfg. Co., Inc. as it was originally known, was a game and toy company founded in 1949 by William Herbert Schaper in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. "Herb" Schaper published a variety of games but was best known for having created the children's game, '' Cootie''. In 1971, the company was sold to Kusan, Inc., and began operating as Schaper Toys, a subsidiary of Kusan, Inc. In 1986, Schaper Toys was acquired by Tyco Toys, which sold the rights to ''Cootie'' and three other of the company's best-known games to the Milton Bradley Company. These games are still being sold. History William Herbert "Herb" Schaper (1914—1980) was a Minnesota postman who created, developed, and manufactured a children's game known as '' Cootie''. After whittling a fishing lure in 1948, he molded the object in plastic, fashioned a game around it, and formed the H. W. Schaper Mfg. Co., Inc. to manufacture and publish the game. In the fall of 1949, the game was launched on the mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiel Schapers
Michiel Schapers (born 11 October 1959) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. Tennis career Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarterfinals by eventual winner Miloslav Mečíř of Czechoslovakia. In 1987 at Wimbledon, he was the only player to take a set against eventual champion Pat Cash in their third-round match. His most famous victory was over reigning Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in the second round of the 1985 Australian Open. Schapers went on to reach the quarterfinals, his best singles result at a Grand Slam, and later equaled that result at the 1988 Australian Open. In 1988, he reached the final of the mixed-doubles draw at the French Open together with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in which they lost to Lori McNeil and Jorge Lozano. Schapers reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 25 April 1988 when he became world No. 25. After his playing career, he bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
