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The De Maiziere Family - Descendants of Huguenots Serving Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Assigning Thomas de Maiziere to be the head of the office of the new German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, commanded merely the superficial attention of the press and, therefore, remained practically unnoticed by the majority of the inhabitants of Germany. |
 | | Today only a few know that the surname de Maiziere is one of the most ancient and well known surnames of the nobility on the European continent, in the history of which it has played a significant role. |
 | | Ulrich de Maiziere, the father of the new chief of the federal office, Thomas de Maiziere, was born on February 24, 1912 in the city of Stade in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). |
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