This century the Germans dropped the "h" in their word for valley [thal/tal] , thus shortening the "Neanderthal" of yesterday.

Which explains why it was possible that in Munich a certain Hans Blumenthal disappeared from the record, and so from sight, while paychecks went unclaimed for one Hans Blumental whom no one knew and who refused to collect and cash them. B was found dead by a beggar on the banks of the Isar and, since no one knew what to call him, he was buried in an unmarked grave. Having never been known, he could not be forgotten.