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Title: Kurt Richard Grossmann papers
Date (inclusive): 1913-1973
Collection Number: 75026
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In German and English
Physical Description:
61 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 1 envelope, and 1 motion picture film reel
(26.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, clippings, and serial issues, relating to Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, postwar German and
Austrian restitution payments to Jewish war victims, German-Israeli relations, the conditions of Jews throughout the world,
and civil liberties in the United States and Germany.
Creator:
Grossmann, Kurt R. (Kurt Richard), 1897-1972
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Microfilm use only except Envelope A and motion picture film reel. Materials must be requested in advance via our reservation
system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Kurt Richard Grossmann Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Also available on microfilm (83 reels).
| 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 | U.S. correspondent for Vorwaerts, publication of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, and other newspapers in Europe and Israel. |
| Co-editor and contributor, Der Friede: Festgabe fuer Adolf Leschnitzer (Peace: presentation for Adolf Leschnitzer). | |
| 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. |
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, correspondence, clippings, and serial issues, relating to Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, postwar German and
Austrian restitution payments to Jewish war victims, German-Israeli relations, the conditions of Jews throughout the world,
and civil liberties in the United States and Germany.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews
Motion pictures
Civil rights -- United States
Jews -- Germany
Refugees
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Claims
Civil rights -- Germany
Jews -- Austria
Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Germany (West) -- Foreign relations -- Israel
Israel -- Foreign relations -- Germany (West)