Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. Is she in this country or in Paris or Italy?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She is in New York now. I have her address some
place. She lives between New York and Paris.
Mr. JENNER. Did you engage in some kind of a business in Europe during
this period?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. While you were attending the university?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. How did you manage that while you--inasmuch as you were
pursuing your studies at two universities?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, I had an interest in a sport shop with a
girl friend of mine. It helped me to make ends meet.
Mr. JENNER. What was the name of that company?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. The name was Sigurd.
Mr. JENNER. And that was devoted to what--readymade clothes, ski
clothes, and that sort of thing?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And did you attempt to sell those throughout Europe?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. In the process of doing so, did you then travel through
Europe?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Where did you get the funds to finance that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Very little funds--maybe a $1,000, $2,000,
from my father, and whatever savings my girl friend had. She was an
excellent saleswoman.
Mr. JENNER. Had you received any funds from your mother's participation
in the estate you had?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think that was the money that helped me
to start--when I was 21 years old I received a couple of thousand
dollars--although I did not take all the money away from my father, but
at least part of it. Or maybe more than that--maybe $4,000 or $5,000. I
really don't recall.
Mr. JENNER. There is some indication in the papers that it was as much
as $10,000.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Maybe so.
Mr. JENNER. You just don't have----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. It was a very successful operation, this
business, Sigurd.
Mr. JENNER. Did you subsequently dissolve it?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Dissolved it, quarreled with my girl friend,
decided to come to the States.
Mr. JENNER. Your brother had been over to see you in the meantime?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; and that is what, by the way, induced
me into coming to the States, because my brother and his wife came
to meet me. They sort of were not too much interested in meeting a
mistress--let's face it--and eventually it led to a breakup between us,
between my ex-girl friend and myself.
Mr. JENNER. And you came to this country in 1938?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. May of 1938.
Mr. JENNER. May of 1938, I think it was. What did you do to sustain
yourself?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, I brought some money with me. I brought
some money with me--something like $10,000, I would say.
Mr. JENNER. And what did you immediately do in connection with that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. What did I do immediately?
Mr. JENNER. I mean did you enter into----
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