Kurt Richard Grossman ( German: Kurt Richard Grossmann ; May 21, 1897 , Berlin - March 2, 1972 , Miami ) is a German and American journalist and publicist who wrote primarily in German.
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Proceedings
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
In 1926-1933, Grossman served as Secretary General of the German League for Human Rights and strongly opposed the upheld National Socialism. On February 28, 1933, Grossman fled from Germany to Prague, from there to Paris, and eventually to the United States. His surname was included in the first list of 33 Germans deprived of citizenship of the German Empire . In the USA, Grossman received American citizenship after the war.
Grossman had outstanding organizational talent. He played a leading role in organizations that helped to escape from Germany and helped many German emigrants in Prague, Paris and the USA, provided them with material support, although he himself was often in very cramped circumstances. After the war, Grossman worked at the World Jewish Congress , later at the Jewish Agency and the Jewish Council for Material Claims against Germany. At the same time, Grossman continued to work and collaborated with almost all emigrant publications.
After the war, Grossman worked for some time as a correspondent for the Forverts Social Democratic newspaper in the United States and wrote articles for many German left-liberal publications. Grossman has published about 8,500 articles and several books. His most famous work is the 1957 book Unsung Heroes about participants in the German Resistance .
Died of a heart attack [2] .
Proceedings
- Ossietzky: Ein deutscher Patriot . Verleger Kindler, München 1963 Mit einer Bibliographie C. v. Ossietzkys
- Die Emigration - Die Geschichte der Hitlerflüchtlinge 1933-1945 . 408 S., EVA, Frankfurt am Main 1969
- Die Ehrenschuld. Kurzgeschichte d. Wiedergutmachung . Ullstein, Frankfurt 1967
- Die unbesungenen Helden; Menschen in Deutschlands dunklen Tagen . 388 S., Arani Verlag, Berlin 1957
- The Jewish refugee. Zusammen mit Arieh Tartakower, Verleger Institute of Jewish Affairs of the American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress, New York 1944
- Peace and the German problem . Verleger New Europe, New York 1943. Gesamttitel: World reconstruction pamphlet series; 3
- Fünf Jahre! : Flucht, Not u. Rettung . Hrsg. von d. Demokratischen Flüchtlingsfürsorge, Verlag Demokrat. Flüchtlingsfürsorge, Prag 1938. Anonym erschienen
- Carl von Ossietzky , 143 S., Europa Verlag, Zürich 1937
- Menschen auf der Flucht: drei Jahre Fürsorgearbeit für die deutschen Flüchtlinge . Hrsg. von d. Demokratischen Flüchtlingsfürsorge, Verlag der Demokratischen Flüchtlingsfürsorge, Prag 1936. Anonym erschienen
- Der gelbe Fleck: ein Bericht vom Frühjahr 1933 . Unter dem Pseudonym Hermann Walter. Verlag Tschechische Liga Gegen d. Antisemitismus, Prag, 1933
- Juden in brauner Hölle: Augenzeugen berichten aus SA-Kasernen u. Konzentrationslagern. Unter dem Pseudonym Felix Burger, Umschlagbild von John Heartfield, Verlag Die Abwehr, Prag 1933
- 13 Jahre "republikanische" Justiz. Voco-Verlag, Berlin 1932 Gesamttitel: Republikanische Bibliothek; Bd. one
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119321211 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Kurt Grossmann, a Correspondent (Eng.) , The New York Times (March 4, 1972). Date of appeal April 18, 2019.
Literature
- Lothar Mertens: Unermüdlicher Kämpfer für Frieden und Menschenrechte. Leben und Wirken von Kurt R. Grossmann , Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-08914-6
- Joseph Walk (Hrsg.), Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918-1945 . hrsg. vom Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. München: Saur, 1988 ISBN 3-598-10477-4
Links
- Grossman, Kurt at the German National Library .