The rescue remained secret for half a century until Henri invited "800 of the most famous names in boxing" to a gala dinner in Schmeling's honor in 1989. The 84-year-old bruiser shared the spotlight with Mike Tyson, the reigning world champion."I'm going to tell you what kind of champion Max Schmeling is," Lewin announced. "He risked everything for us. If we had been found in his room, I would not be here this evening and neither would Max."
When I interviewed Lewin for a book I was writing ("The Book of the Just: The Unsung cheap tiffany bangles Who Rescued Jews from Hitler"), he explained that his father had already bought tickets for China. If the family had been picked up on Kristallnacht, they might well have missed their last chance to escape. Uncles, aunts and cousins were arrested about that time and were never heard from again."There is no question that Schmeling would have been in tiffany somerset sale danger if we had been discovered," he said. "The Nazis could not afford to let a national hero be a Jew-lover. He would have disgraced the Fuehrer. He also took a tremendous risk by driving us in his own car. But we were his friends and he would do anything for us"
Lewin had kept the story under wraps at Schmeling's request. Even when the old warrior agreed to attend the Las Vegas dinner, he asked his host not to glorify him. "He told me that what he had done for me and my brother was doing his duty as a man."In 1980 when Joe Louis died still trying to clear his debts to the Internal Revenue Service, Schmeling asked Henri Lewin to represent him at the funeral and sent him a large check for Louis's widow. Whether or not he met Yad Vashem's criteria for a Righteous Gentile, he remained a mensch.
When Charles R. Schwab took back the helm of his namesake company in July and said he wanted to reconnect with retail investors, he wasn't joking. Charles Schwab Corp. said Friday that it will cut online trading commissions Tuesday for the third time in tiffany 1837 sale months -- and may cut deeper if market forces demand. Tuesday's cut will be 35%, to $12.95, for customers with $50,000 to $1 million of assets. That would make the San Francisco company among the cheapest of the discount brokers. In early June, just before the first cut took effect, Schwab was among the highest-priced discounters, cheap tiffany jewelry nearly $30 a trade. On Friday it said it would continue to review commissions.
"We are looking at pricing as an ongoing discipline, not a one- time event," said a spokesman, Glen Mathison. "It's not our intent to be the lowest-priced company. But could the price go lower? The market will decide."The market has in fact taken prices lower in the recent past and will do so again. Last week, Fidelity Investments in Boston cut its trading commissions by more than 25% for some customers, to $10.95. To qualify they must trade at least 36 times a year and have $30,000 of assets. Fidelity still charges a standard $19.95 per trade for customers who make up to 35 trades a year, with no asset minimum.
Other companies have indicated that they are examining their fees for retail customers who trade online.E-Trade Financial Group said this month that it planned to evaluate its pricing levels. But in an e-mailed statement Friday, the New York company said that pricing alone does not bring customers. "We believe the overall customer value proposition and the company reputation within the industry drive retail investors to an online broker," E-Trade said. Other companies, including TD Waterhouse Group, which is Toronto-Dominion Bank's discount broker, and Ameritrade Holding Corp. of Omaha said they regularly review pricing. But they agreed that attracting customers takes more than low prices. "We regularly review our offering to ensure that we continue to deliver the best overall combination of products, price, and services to our customers," said Janet Hawkins, TD Waterhouse USA's chief marketing officer, in an e-mailed statement Friday. "We feel confident that our customers recognize that we cheap tiffany bracelets the best value in the industry." Kim Hillyer, a spokeswoman for Ameritrade, said, "It's more than pricing -- it's pricing coupled with the technology and products we offer customers."
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