Kersten, Kurt
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Kersten, Kurt
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Kersten, Kurt
Kersten, Kurt, 1891-1962
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Kersten, Kurt, 1891-1962
Forster, Georg 1891-1962
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Forster, Georg 1891-1962
Kersten, K. 1891-1962
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Kersten, K. 1891-1962
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Born in Weldheiden bei Kassel on April 19, 1891, Kurt Kersten studied in Munich and Berlin and served in World War I. From 1919 to 1933 he worked as a freelance journalist in close association with left-wing expressionists. He made several trips to the USSR and contributed to the German Communist press. He emigrated to Switzerland in 1934, Czechoslovakia the same year, France in 1937, and the United States via Morocco and Martinique, 1940-1945. He was active in exile affairs and continued to work as an author and publicist. Kersten occasionally used the pseudonym Georg Forster. He died in New York City on May 18, 1962.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/12692557
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87-897895
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n87897895
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Martinique
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