wanderer

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The typewriter was made in Siegmar-Schönau—a suburb of Chemnitz—by Wanderer, an early German pioneer in manufacturing bicycles, motorcycles, cars, and later military trucks and tanks for the Wehrmacht, the armed forces in the Nazi era.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

"It was regarded as a novelty," said Susan Gardiner, author of The Wanderer: The Story of Frank Soo.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

But the most memorable interlude in “Old Stock” is spoken, and infused by the Wanderer with humor, empathy and freshness: It’s a spare-as-haiku parable about a knocked-on door.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

To help situate the audience, Sharon introduces the Wanderer, a spoken role played by the 88-year-old George Shirley, the first Black tenor to perform in a leading role with the Metropolitan Opera.

From New York Times • May 30, 2022

“Why should the government need it and for what purpose? Who would ride on my bicycle, my beautiful black Wanderer touring bicycle? How could a bicycle be used in defending the state?”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti