Kurt Richard Grossmann papers, 1913-1973

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Creators:
Grossmann, Kurt R. (Kurt Richard), 1897-1972
Abstract:
Writings, correspondence, clippings, and serial issues, relating to Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, postwar German and Austrian restitution payments to Jewish war victims, German-Israeli relations, the conditions of Jews throughout the world, and civil liberties in the United States and Germany.
Extent:
62 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 1 envelope, and 1 motion picture film reel (27 Linear Feet)
Language:
In German and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kurt Richard Grossmann Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Writings, correspondence, clippings, and serial issues, relating to Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, postwar German and Austrian restitution payments to Jewish war victims, German-Israeli relations, the conditions of Jews throughout the world, and civil liberties in the United States and Germany.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1897, May 21
Born, Berlin, Germany.
1926-1933
General Secretary, Deutsche Liga fuer Menschenrechte.
1933, February 28
Fled from Germany to Prague.
1933, August 30
Expatriated.
1933-1938
Director, Demokratische Fluechtlings-fuersorge, Prague.
1935
Participated in effort to nominate Carl von Ossietzky for the Nobel Peace Prize.
1939
Emigrated to the United States.
1943
Author, Peace and the German Problem.
1944
Co-author (with Arieh Tartakower), The Jewish Refugee.
1954
Author, Germany's Moral Debt.
1957
Author, Die unbesungenen Helden (The unsung heroes).
1958
Author, Germany and Israel.
1961
U.S. correspondent for Vorwaerts, publication of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, and other newspapers in Europe and Israel.
Co-editor and contributor, Der Friede: Festgabe fuer Adolf Leschnitzer (Peace: presentation for Adolf Leschnitzer).
1963
Author, Ossietzky: ein deutscher Patriot (Ossietzky: a German patriot), awarded the Albert Schweitzer book prize.
1967
Author, Die Ehrenschuld: Kurzgeschichte der Wiedergutmachung (Debt of honor: short history of restitution).
1969
Author, Emigration: Geschichte der Hitler Fluechtlinge, 1933-1945 (Emigration: history of the refugees from Hitler's Germany).
1970
Co-editor and contributor, Gegenwart im Rueckblick: Festgabe fuer die juedische Gemeinde zu Berlin 25 Jahre nach dem Neubeginn (The present in retrospect: presentation for the Jewish community in Berlin 25 years after its re-establishment).
1971
Participated in effort to nominate Willy Brandt for the Nobel Peace Prize.
1972
Died, Miami, Florida.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Microfilm use only except Box 69, Envelope A and motion picture film reel. Materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kurt Richard Grossmann Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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