The Manhattan was a German version of the Trimline, made to Siemens specifications by Western Electric. Sets were marked D Fe Ap 370-1 (desk), D Fe Ap 390-1 (wall), and miniset 100 (PBX). Includes photos and wiring diagrams. Contributed by Herbert Schwarz.

Herbert also covers another European version of the Trimline -- the Gondola by CITESA/ITT (Spain).

Prejudice and hate can sometimes be found "hidden in plain view."  In this article, Herbert takes a look at some troubling listings found Vienna telephone directory from 1943.  It's not pleasant reading but there's a lesson there for those who are willing to listen.

Further, but less foreboding, discoveries from the Vienna telephone directory.

This 183-page document summarizes extensive research done by a team of collectors and historians expanding on pre-sale auction information on a phone purported to have been owned by Adolph Hitler. The phone sold at auction for $230,000 on February 19, 2017. Did the buyer get what was expected?

Additional info can be found in an introduction to this document in the January 2019 issue of TCI's Singing Wires, and the team's pre-auction work was distributed to TCI members with the July 2017 issue.

This edition includes further research completed after the auction. There's a lot here so you can form your own opinion.

Read and enjoy!

[Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and may not represent official positions of TCI.]