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Gertrude Beach 1889 - 1971

Gertrude Beach of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon was born on November 6, 1889, and died at age 82 years old in December 1971.
Gertrude Beach
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 97213
November 6, 1889
December 1971
Female
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Gertrude Beach's History: 1889 - 1971

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    1889

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    November 6, 1889
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  • 12/dd
    1971

    Death

    December 1971
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    Gertrude Beach lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1889, in the year that Gertrude Beach was born, on April 20th, Adolf Hitler was born in Austria-Hungary - now Austria. In his early 30's, he began his rise to power in German politics, eventually becoming the leader of the Nazi Party and Führer of Nazi Germany. He presided over the death of millions of civilians as well as leading Germany through World War II.
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In 1942, at the age of 53 years old, Gertrude was alive when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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Gertrude Beach's Family Tree & Friends

Gertrude Beach's Family Tree

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