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

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)