Klaus J. Herrmann correspondence, 1944-1996

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Summary

Creators:
Herrmann, Klaus J. and Cazeils, Jean Nelson
Extent:
3.2 Linear Feet (8 manuscript storage boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Klaus J. Herrmann correspondence (M2667). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Klaus J. Herrmann correspondence consists mostly of correspondence. There is a small amount of other documents, including newsletters, reports, newspaper clippings, research papers, and periodicals. A significant portion of the papers deal with the American Council of Judaism and other Jewish organizations. There is also research Herrmann compiled on Nazis and far-right parties in post-World War II Germany.

The papers are in original order, organized primarily by country. The majority of the correspondence is from the United States and Germany.

Biographical / historical:

Klaus J. Herrmann was a professor, lecturer, and researcher.

Klaus J. Herrmann was born July 21, 1929 in Pomerania (which was then part of Germany). The Herrmann family moved to Berlin until August, 1940, when increasing Nazi persecution of Jews forced the family to travel to Shanghai, China where they stayed for the duration of World War II.

In 1947 the Herrmann family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and in 1948 Klaus joined the U.S. Army serving in the Intelligence Section in Germany.

After leaving the Army, Herrmann obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1958 and was a political science professor at the University of Maryland. He later taught at Lakehead University in Canada and the American University in Washington, D.C.

He married Shirley Mackie in 1965 and was a political science professor at Sir George William University. He retired in 1996.

Herrmann served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council for Judaism and authored articles on the combination of religion and nationalism as well as other topics.

Klaus J. Hermann died on January 23, 1998 in Berlin.

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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Klaus J. Herrmann correspondence (M2667). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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