Henry Boernstein

Henry Boernstein (in Europe, Heinrich Börnstein) (born November 4, 1805 in Hamburg, Germany – died September 10, 1892 in Vienna, Austria) was the publisher of the Anzeiger des Westens in St. Louis, Missouri, the oldest German newspaper west of the Mississippi River. He was also a political activist, author, soldier, actor and stage manager. Boernstein played a major role in keeping Missouri in the Union at the start of the Civil War.