Reimann, Günter (1904- ).

Biographical Note

• 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: 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

From the guide to the Günter Reimann Papers, 1925-2005, (Hoover Institution Archives)