Menger

Under the plan, the Cenotaph would be moved 500 feet south and deposited in front of the historic Menger Hotel.

The Germans emphasized history, statistics and the interests of the nation, Janek Wasserman writes in “The Marginal Revolutionaries,” while for Menger and those who followed him in what became known as the Austrian school, individual choice was central.

“One word was enough for them to understand each other,” recalled Menger, Truus’s daughter.

“My mother drove the bicycle, and Freddie sat on the back and was shooting,” recalled Truus’s daughter, Hannie Menger.

Dr. Menger is a neurosurgeon and a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.