Joseph Zerhusen
German soldier who served as Sir Roger Casement's interpreter during World War I, later a Hamburg businessman; interviewed at age 89 for RTÉ's 1969 documentary 'Roger Casement Remembered'
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Aug 3, 2026
Joseph ZerhusenGUEST
Of course, at that time, I never thought that I would have ever been asked to remember this.
Joseph ZerhusenGUEST
I don't know whether I met him first in Thorsen, when he came to Thorsen, or I think he went to Berlin and he asked me to come to Berlin to meet him in the hotel.
Joseph ZerhusenGUEST
What kind of a man was he? Can you remember? Well, the first impression I had, that's a gentleman.