Who is Hans Peter Elmar Hansen?

Oct 26, 2009
 

Submitted by Kay Johnson on October 26, 2009 - 9:32am. » Read similar stories filed under: Hutchinson is heading to the Big Apple. The town is a bit player in the new documentary, “The Life and Times of Hans Peter Elmar Hansen,” by David Brink. The film will be screened Wednesday, Oct. 28, during the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in Manhattan, where more than 180 films from around the world will be in competition. Who is Hans Peter Elmar Hansen? A Danish farm boy who was born in 1896 and immigrated to the United States in 1921. He came to Hutchinson because that was where his Danish relatives had settled. He followed his older sister, Anna and her husband, Andrew Nielsen, to Hutchinson. Although Anna and Andrew had arrived the year before, they were not the first relatives to settle in the area.... [read full story]                    

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