Grossmann, Kurt R. (Kurt Richard), 1897-1972

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1897
Death 1972
Gender:
Male
Americans,
English, German,

Biographical notes:

German-American author and journalist; president, German League for Human Rights.

From the description of Kurt R. Grossmann papers, 1913-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870135

Biographical Note

1897, May 21 Born, Berlin, Germany. 1926 1933 General Secretary, Deutsche Liga fuer Menschenrechte. 1933, February 28 Fled from Germany to Prague. 1933, August 30 Expatriated. 1933 1938 Director, Demokratische Fluechtlings-fuersorge, Prague. 1935 Participated in effort to nominate Carl von Ossietzky for the Nobel Peace Prize. 1939 Emigrated to the United States. 1943 Author, Peace and the German Problem. 1944 Co-author (with Arieh Tartakower), The Jewish Refugee. 1954 Author, Germany's Moral Debt. 1957 Author, Die unbesungenen Helden (The unsung heroes). 1958 Author, Germany and Israel. 1961 Co-editor and contributor, Der Friede: Festgabe fuer Adolf Leschnitzer (Peace: presentation for Adolf Leschnitzer). U.S. correspondent for Vorwaerts, publication of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, and other newspapers in Europe and Israel. 1963 Author, Ossietzky: ein deutscher Patriot (Ossietzky: a German patriot), awarded the Albert Schweitzer book prize. 1967 Author, Die Ehrenschuld: Kurzgeschichte der Wiedergutmachung (Debt of honor: short history of restitution). 1969 Author, Emigration: Geschichte der Hitler Fluechtlinge, 1933-1945 (Emigration: history of the refugees from Hitler's Germany). 1970 Co-editor and contributor, Gegenwart im Rueckblick: Festgabe fuer die juedische Gemeinde zu Berlin 25 Jahre nach dem Neubeginn (The present in retrospect: presentation for the Jewish community in Berlin 25 years after its re-establishment). 1971 Participated in effort to nominate Willy Brandt for the Nobel Peace Prize. 1972 Died, Miami, Florida.

From the guide to the Kurt Richard Grossman Papers, 1913-1973, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Refugees
  • Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- )
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • United States (as recorded)
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  • Israel. (as recorded)
  • Germany (West) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Germany (West) (as recorded)

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