George, Manfred, 1893-1965
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Manfred George was editor of Aufbau from 1939 to 1965; the newspaper mainly served the German Jewish immigrant population in America but also claimed an international readership. In its letterhead it is described as an American Jewish weekly in German and English, serving the interests and the Americanization of the immigrants.
From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1942-1947. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863337
Biographical note: German emigre journalist and writer.
George (originally Georg) was born in Berlin, where he received a doctorate in law and worked as an editor for Ullstein Verlag and Mosse Verlag, and as a contributor to and editor for several liberal newspapers and journals. As a Jew, he had to leave Germany in 1933, settling in Prague; during the years 1933-38 inn Czechoslovakia, he was a contributor to the "Neue Weltbuhne", "Prager Montagsblatt", "Pariser Tageszeitung", and other periodicals. He immigrated to New York City in 1938 and served as editor-in-chief of the emigre newspaper "Aufbau" from 1939 to 1965, turning it from a small four-page monthly club newsletter into the leading German-American weekly newspaper in the United States.
From the description of Manfred George papers, 1933-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122528697
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