A Register of the Günter Reimann Papers
A Register of the Günter Reimann Papers
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| 1904 November 13 | Born, Hans Steinicke, Angermünde, Germany |
| 1919 | Member, Free Socialist Youth |
| 1920-1924 | Member, Communist Youth League |
| 1923-1926 | Student, Berlin School of Economics (Degree in Micro and Macro Economics) and Berlin University |
| 1924-1935 | Member, Communist Party of Germany (with the pseudonym Günter Reimann) |
| 1925-1926 | Leader, Revolutionary Students League |
| 1925-1930 | Editor, economic section, Die Rote Fahne (central newspaper of Communist Party of Germany) |
| Since 1930 | Freelance writer, numerous articles about the world economy |
| 1930 and 1932 | Research study trips, USSR |
| 1931 | Economic Advisor, Western European Trade Delegation of the USSR, Berlin |
| 1932 | Investigation on the changes in the structure of the working class after the Great Depression and its impact on labor organizations (performed at the request of the Comintern) |
| 1933-1934 | Organiser, underground resistance, Berlin Editor, Gegen den Terror (underground weekly) |
| 1934-1937 | Residence in London (after flight via Prague, Vienna, Paris), research studies about the international finance system |
| 1938 | Author, Germany – World Empire or World Revolution |
| Emigration to New York, USA | |
| 1939-1945 | Director of International Research, International Statistical Bureau, New York, and Editor, Foreign Letter |
| 1939 | Author, The Vampire Economy – Doing Business under Facism |
| 1941 | Author, The Myth of the Total State |
| 1942 | Author, Patents for Hitler |
| 1944 | Acquired U.S. citizenship |
| 1945-1947 | Opposition to Trading with the Enemy Act in order to allow CARE-packages for Germany |
| 1947-1983 | Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Reports on Finance and Currencies (1983 sale to Financial Times, London) |
| 1966 | Author, The Challenge of International Finance |
| 1968 | Author, Der Rote Profit – Preise, Märkte, Kredite im Osten |
| 1973 | Author, The Future of The Dollar |
| Since 1984 | Biographical and historical works, travels to Europe and Asia |
| 1993 | Author, Die Ohnmacht der Mächtigen and Berlin-Moskau 1932. Das Jahr der Entscheidung |
| 2004 February 19 | Awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit (First Class), New York |
| 2005 February 5 | Died, New York |
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection Contents
Biographical File, 1935-2003.
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Photographs, 1953, undated
About Günter Reimann
Diary/Notes Europe Trips, 1948-1951
Diary/Notes, 1973-1974
German Federal Cross of Merit, 2003. Includes certificate (2003) and speech (2004) and copy of dation
File of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, 1936-1939. Including comment by Günter Reimann 1995
FBI-File
German Translation of the U.S. Drivers License
Reports and Records from after the World War II by Others
Television Show on video tapes 1989; English; ca. 2:00 min 1997; German; ca. 2:30 min Undated; German; ca. 21:30 min
Correspondence,
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Anna-Seghers-Gesellschaft
Arbatov, Georgy A.
Ascher, Yonne H.
Barter, Ilse
Barthel, Thomas
Barthel-Kaetzler, Luise (Wise)
Baumgart, Claus
Bear, John B.
Beck, Doris
Becker, Holger
Bédjaï, Gilbert
Bergmann, Theo
Berkholz, Stefan
Beverage, Albion and Grace
Bischoff, Joachim
Bock, Andrew A.
Böker, Alexander
Bonn Aktuell Verlag (Publisher)
Boucault, Mosco
brand eins (Magazine)
Brand, Horst
Breyer, Maxe
Broué, Pierre
Buchverlage Ullstein Langen Müller (Publisher)
Burmester, Gisela and Jens Peter
Charnas, Alexander
Cohen, Elliot E.
Cohen, Stephen F.
Cohn, Emma
Collett, Alec
Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE)
Cosman, Cornelius M.
Costa, Francisco
Creider, Vera
Cu, Nguyen Trong
Daly, Jorge L.
Dauber, Gene
Dennot, F.
Dewar, Rita
Dietz Verlag (Publisher)
Dunsmore, William J.
Elefanten Press (Publisher)
faktum.? büro für fernsehproduktionen
Fiehler, Fritz
Financial Times (Newspaper)
Fischer - Barnicol
Frank, Adelaide Schulkind
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Newspaper)
Freitag (Newspaper)
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Gayk, Frieda
Gerstmeier, Anne-Susette
Goetze, Siegfried
Goldhammer, Herbert
Goldschmidt, Reni
Gottwald, Ivo
Government Printing Office
Graupe, Kate
Gubener, Klaus
Haikal, Mustafa
Halbach, Otto
Hanna, E.
Hansen, Andreas
Hedeler, Wladislaw
Hellmann, Henry
Henry Regnery Company (Publisher)
Hering, Walter and Doris
Heuseler, Rudolf and Barbara
Hirsch, Paul
Höll, Barbara
Hu, Lan Xi and Family
Ilzig, Gunther
Jopke, Walter
Jung, Otmar
Kaetzler, Maudi
Katzman, Alex
Keller, Dietmar
Kellner, Irwin L.
Kennedy, Eleanor
Kiepenheuer Verlag (Publisher)
Kontny, Barbara
Koo, Antony Y.C.
Krüger, Heinrich
Kruger, Eric J.
Kubina, Michael
Kuczynski, Jürgen
Külow, Dirk
Külow, Volker
Küntzel, Ulrich
Kurz, Robert
Lauter, Hans
Levine, Issac Don
Lindner, Ruth
Littler, Graeme B.
Lo, Chaiho
Löwenheim, Walter (Miles)
Lohmüller, Heinz and Jacob, Dietrich
Loughan, Clayton D.
Lüdemann, Gisela
M.E. Sharpe (Publisher)
Meyer, Ernst
Meyer, Karl
Mierau, Fritz
Mitchell, Wesley C.
Monthly Review Foundation (Magazine)
Mothes, Jürgen
National Council of Young Israel
Naumann, Gertrud
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Newspaper)
Neues Deutschland (Newspaper)
Neues Forum
Neufeld, Fritz and Lotte
Neuhaus, Manfred
Newspaper Guild of New York
Nikischina, Galina
Nykl,
Otani, Teinosuke
Pabst, Eva
Palmer,
Pedrosa, Mariu
Peters, Anna
Phelps, Christopher
Pincham, Bruce and Ivy
Platow, Fleur
Platow, Robert
Poehl, Karl
Propyläen-Verlag (Publisher)
Readers's Digest - Verlag Das Beste (Publisher)
Reimann, Miriam
Reusch, Walther
Ritter, Emil
Robinson, Josephine and Ed
Romiti, Cesare (Fiat)
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Rubin, Morris A.
Ruminoff, Katia
Russisches Zentrum für die Aufbewahrung und Erforschung von Dokumenten der neuesten Zeit
Sahara, Kazu
Sayer, Murray
Scharnowski, Ernst
Scheuch, Ute and Erwin
Scheyko, Manfred
Schlamm, William S.
Schleucher, Louis
Schmook, Karla
Schnee, Jeremiah
Scholz, Reiner
Schueller, Lotte and Hannelore
Schütrumpf, Jörn
Schulenburg, Lutz
Scott, Louis
Shepard, Jean H.
Soeder, Alfons
Sokoloff, Kiril
Sorensen, Pablo Ore
Sperling, Otto
Der Spiegel (Magazine)
Steinicke, Alfred
Stephan, Charlotte
Stephan, Gerd-Rüdiger
Stiftung Archiv der Parteien und Massenorganisationen der DDR im Bundesarchiv
Stiftung für Sozialgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Supault, Marcel
Surowitz, Sol
Taft, Robert A.
Tagesspiegel (Newspaper)
Teltschik, Horst
Thadden, Adolf von
Thomas, Norman
Thompson, Dorothy
Trojan, Wilhelm
United States Tariff Commission
Urich, Lucie
Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)
Utley, Freda
Verlag Bonn Aktuell GmbH Horst Poller Verlag (Publisher)
Vieweg-Verlag (Publisher)
Volquarts, Richard
Wall Street Journal (Newspaper)
Walter, Hans-Ulrich
Webb, Jack
Weber, Manfred
Weiland, Alfred
Weisgrau, Jeanne
Die Welt (Newspaper)
Die Weltbühne (Magazine)
William Morrow & Company (Publisher)
World Publishing Company (Publisher)
Die Zeit (Newspaper)
Zhivkov, Todor
Ziegler, Carl
Zimmerer, Carl
Zippert, Hans
Zwass, Adam
Unidentified
Writings, 1925-2005.
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Articles by Günter Reimann.
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Die Internationale (1925-1931)
Kommunistische Internationale (1931-1933)
Wirtschaftliche Rundschau (1925; 1926; 1927)
Rote Fahne (1926; 1927; 1932)
"Changes in Types of Monopoly", Marxist Quarterly, 1937
"Doing Business in Germany", Harper's Magazine, 1939
"The Future of Fascism", The Modern Quarterly, 1940
Peasant Strikes in Europe, 1946
"The Economic Crisis behind Soviet Expansion", Commentary, 1948
General, 1945-1990
General, After 1989-1990
Gorbatschow im Schatten von Bucharin, Utopie Kreativ, 1991
Prospects for a Renewed Gold Exchange Standard, International Currency Prize 1992, (Bank Lips AG) 1992
Articles about Günter Reimann
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Reviews
Berlin - Moskau, 1932 1993
"The Economic Crisis behind Soviet Expansion"
Die Ohnmacht der Mächtigen 1993
Der rote Profit. Preise, Märkte, Kredite im Osten 1968
The Vampire Economy 1939
Zeugen der Zeitgeschichte 1994
Zwischen zwei Epochen 1998
Zwischenbilanz. Ein Jahrhundertzeuge gibt zu Protokoll 1994
Interviews
"Schlußakt des Zerfalls der USA" Die Andere Zeitung, 1991
"Wenn man keine Angst vor dem Chaos hat, besteht Hoffnung für die Menschheit" Neues Deutschland, 1991
Untitled (1993)
"Kann das Gold das Geld retten" Freitag, (1994)
"Mit einem neuen Börsenkrach ist zu rechnen" Neues Deutschland, 1994
"Die äußerste Spekulation gehört zum System" 1995
"Der Finanzkapitalismus ist anarchischer und unkontrollierbarer geworden" 1995
"Es wird eine Welt geben, die nicht so schlecht ist" Leipziger Volkszeitung, 1997
"Der moderne Industrialismus hört auf, notwendig zu sein" Junge Welt 1997
"Teilung sollte dauerhaft werden" 1998
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"Erfolgsgeschichte als Euro-Vorbild?" 1998?
"Kommunist und Millionär" Leipziger Volkszeitung, 2004
Compilation
"Wenn man keine Angst vor dem Chaos hat, besteht Hoffnung für die Menschheit" in: Zeugen der Zeitgeschichte, 1994
"Reimann, Günter" in: Deutsche Kommunisten. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 bis 1945, 2004
"Günter Reimann (1904-2005): ein Kommunist im Zentrum der amerikanischen Finanzwirtschaft"
In: Lebenslinien. Deutsche Biographien aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, 2007
General Articles after 1989-1990
Used as Quotes
Speeches Arranged in chronological order
Dialog with Dr. Lusser (Ex-Head of Swiss National Bank), 1981
Dialog with Prof. Jürgen Kuczynski, 1990
Speech I, Leipzig, 1991
Speech II, 1991
Conference about "1932", 1992
Conference with Prof. Jürgen Kuczynski, Berlin, 1993
Speech, Leipzig, Apr 1994
Speech about "German Reunification", Leipzig, Nov 1994 .
Schwarzenberg-Colloquium "Hope for a New Germany", Schwarzenberg, 1995
Speech about "What is Socialism?" on the Behrens-Colloquium, 1996
Speech, Leipzig (?), 1999
Comments on Books
About Politics and Finance
Books and Projects by Günter Reimann,
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Allegorische Gedichte von Menschen und deren Geschichte, Poems, 1989
Berlin-Moskau, 1932
The Black Market, 1948
The Black Market
The Business Cycle of Planned State (Russia)
Das deutsche "Wirtschaftswunder", 1927
The Fate of Europe (To Be or Not to Be)
The Fate of Germany
The Future of the Dollar, 3rd Edition, 1968
Germany without Illusions
Giftgas in Deutschland: Die Machtstellung der I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G., 1927
Myth and Reality
Novye iavleniia upadka kapitalizma (New Phenomenon of The Decline of Capitalism) 1931, In Russian
The Perspective of Barbarism
Technische Revolution in Deutschland. Herr oder Sklave der Technik, 1929
Mirovoi krizis kapitalizma (World Crisis of Capitalism) 1931, In Russian
Zwischenbilanz. Ein Zeuge des Jahrhunderts gibt zu Protokoll
General Book Projekts
Herbert Wehner (Funk, Kurt)
Correspondence
Script for Zwischen zwei Epochen
General Notes
Apologia
Autobiography
Interview
Copy of an Article about Herbert Wehner
Handwritten Notes
Typewritten Notes
Articles
Impotence of the Mighty
Correspondence Publisher and Editor
Publicity
Brochures
Outline/Synopsis
Undesignated Chapters
Introduction
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XV
Additions to the Final or First Chapter
Final Version 1980-1981
Final Chapter
Version 1985-1986
Notes about the German Version ( Die Ohnmacht der Mächtigen)
German Material and Drafts ( Die Ohnmacht der Mächtigen)
German Version ( Die Ohnmacht der Mächtigen)
German Draft ( Die Ohnmacht der Mächtigen)
German Chapters ( Die Ohnmacht der Mächtigen)
German Draft 1992-1993
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English Draft 1983
Imperialism
Introduction
Inflation
IFS (International Finance System)
IFS, German language versions
Debt Crisis
Chapter IV
SSS (Soviet State Socialism)
Autobiography/Memoirs,
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Material and Drafts about Persons
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Abusch, Alexander
Barth, Eugen
Barthel-Kaetzler, Luise (Wise)
Becher, Johannes R.
Beriia, Lavrentii Pavlovich
Bessonov, Sergej
Bester, Willi
Beverage, Albion
Blessing, Karl
Brandler, Heinrich and Thalheimer, August
Brandt, Willy
Bucharin, Nikolai Ivanovich
Burns, Arthur
Calverton, Victor Francis (Goetz, George)
Collett, Alec
Dennis, Lawrence
Djilas, Milovan
Djojohadikusomo, Sumitro
Fischer, Ruth
Goldhammer, Bruno
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich
Guddorf, Wilhelm (Braun, Paul)
Haffner, Sebastian
Harich, Wolfgang
Hitler, Adolf
Hoelz, Max
Hu, Lan Xi
Jacobsson, Per
Jacoby, Walter
Jung, Franz
Kantorowicz, Alfred
Keynes, John Maynard
Koo, Antony Y.C.
Kuczynski, Jürgen
Kun, Béla
Kurz, Robert
Leont'ev, Lev Abramovich
Levy, Benno
Libermann, Nina
Löwenheim, Walter (Miles)
Luxemburg, Rosa
Macdonald, Dwight
Makowski, Werner
Marx, Karl
Moser, Karl
Münzenberg, Willi
Neufeld, Fritz
Neugröschel, Anja
Neumann, Heinz
Norden, Conrad
Otani, Teinosuke
Padmore, George
Paresce, Ella and René
Pedrosa, Mariu
Perkins, Max
Platow, Robert
Radek, Karl
Rathenau, Walter
Roi, Max
Scharnowski, Ernst
Schinnagel, Arthur
Schulz, Otto
Seghers, Anna
Soros, George
Süsskind, Kurt
Stalin, Josef
Thälmann, Ernst
Utley, Freda
Weiland,
Wentz, Dietrich
Wittfogel, Karl A.
Wolfe, Bertram
Material and Drafts about Topics Arranged in alphabetical order
Angermünde
Asian Mode of Produce
Berlin
BVG-Strike 1932
China-Japan Finance and Capitalism
Class Conflict
Cold War
Collective guilt and reeducation in Germany
Comintern
Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
Communists in the USA
Conservatism
Constructivism
Cooperation for American Remittances to Europe (CARE)
Depression
Dunkirk
European Monetary Union
Family USA
Finance Capitalism
Fordism
German Nation
Germany
Globalization
Gold
Historiography
Imperialism
Industrialism
Inflation
International Capital Market
International Currency System
International Monetary Fund
International Reports
International Reports (Reimann vs. Sat. Evening Post Co.)
Judaism
Keynesianism
Labor Movement
Left Wing Radicalism in Germany
Leisure and Freedom
Love, Sex, and Marriage
Madeira
Market and State
Mexico
Monetary Capital
Money
Morgenthau-Plan
Neoliberalism
New Deal
New York, USA, Impressions
Parental Home
Rote Fahne (Newspaper)
Slums
Social Security
Socialism
Totalitarianism
Trading with the Enemy Act
Trotskyism
Working Class
USSR
Versailles, Weimar, Post War World
Youthful Subculture in the 1920s, 1930s
Material and Drafts about Epochs Arranged in chronological order, German Version.
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Tender Years
Adolescent Years
World War I
1918-1919
Civil War Germany, 1918, 1919-1921
The 1920s
Stock Market Crash 1929
The early 1930s in the Resistance
The 1930s
1932-1933
Reichstag Fire 1933
The mid 1930s Escape and Exile in Prague, Paris, and London
America 1938-1939
World War II
The Year 1945
Trip to Europe after World War II
The Year 1968
1989-1990
After the Cold War
1996-1997
Material and Drafts about Epochs Arranged in chronological order, English Version.
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1904, 1916-1917
1918/1919 -1930s
1930s
1939, 1940-1945
After World War II
Trip to China 1992
Whole Drafts and Fragments Arranged in chronological order
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Undated
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circa 1994
circa 1994-1995
circa 1997
circa 1999
2000
Undated
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Notes Undated and Untitled
Proposal Submittal Letter for Publisher
Contract of Publication
Biographical Information
Central Theme
Index of Names
Prologue
Abstract
Schedule
International Reports on Finance and Currencies, 1945-1992.
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International post-war-service (International Statistical Bureau Inc.) 1945-1949
International Statistical Bureau Foreign Letter
1946-1950
1949
1950
1951
1953
1953
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1954
1955
1956
1957
1959
1959
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1960
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1960
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1962
1963-1964
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1963-1965
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1963-1966
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1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1975
1983
1983
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1983-1984
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1984
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1984
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1985
1987
1992
Printed Materials. Books, articles, clippings and copies of Rote Fahne (Newspaper).
Books, Articles, Clippings
Issues of Rote Fahne (Newspaper) 1920s/1930s