http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8n39r9wx No online items Register of the Günter Reimann papers Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2008 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Günter Reimann 2008C55 1 papers Title: Günter Reimann papers Date (inclusive): 1927-2005 Collection Number: 2008C55 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: German Physical Description: 69 manuscript boxes(27.6 Linear Feet) Abstract: Includes correspondence, writings, notes, and printed matter, relating to international economic conditions, and to national socialism and communism in Germany. Creator: Reimann, Günter, 1904-2005 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Günter Reimann papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives 1904 November Born, Hans Steinicke, Angermünde, Germany 13 1919 Member, Free Socialist Youth 1920-1924 Member, Communist Youth League 1923-1926 Student, Berlin School of Economics (Degree in Micro and Macro Economics) and Berlin University 1924-1935 Member, Communist Party of Germany (with the pseudonym Günter Reimann) 1925-1926 Leader, Revolutionary Students League 1925-1930 Editor, economic section, Die Rote Fahne (central newspaper of Communist Party of Germany) Since 1930 Freelance writer, numerous articles about the world economy 1930 and Research study trips, USSR 1932 1931 Economic Advisor, Western European Trade Delegation of the USSR, Berlin 1932 Investigation on the changes in the structure of the working class after the Great Depression and its impact on labor organizations (performed at the request of the Comintern) 1933-1934 Organiser, underground resistance, Berlin Editor, Gegen den Terror (underground weekly) 1934-1937 Residence in London (after flight via Prague, Vienna, Paris), research studies about the international finance system 1938 Emigration to New York, USA Author, <title render="italic">Germany – World Empire or World Revolution</title> 1939-1945 Director of International Research, International Statistical Bureau, New York, and Editor, Foreign Letter 1939 Author, The Vampire Economy – Doing Business under Facism 1941 Author, The Myth of the Total State 1942 Author, Patents for Hitler 1944 Acquired U.S. citizenship 1945-1947 Opposition to Trading with the Enemy Act in order to allow CARE-packages for Germany 1947-1983 Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Reports on Finance and Currencies (1983 sale to Financial Times, London) 1966 Author, The Challenge of International Finance 1968 Author, Der Rote Profit – Preise, Märkte, Kredite im Osten 1973 Author, The Future of The Dollar Since 1984 Biographical and historical works, travels to Europe and Asia 1993 Author, Die Ohnmacht der Mächtigen and Berlin-Moskau 1932. Das Jahr der Entscheidung 2004 Awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit (First Class), New York February 19 Register of the Günter Reimann 2008C55 2 papers 2005 Died, New York February 5 Scope and Content of Collection Acquired by the Hoover Institution in 2008, the Günter Reimann papers describe the life of a German-American journalist, author, economist and intellectual. Living from 1904 until 2005, Reimann bore witness to and participated in many pivotal events of 20th century German history. These events included World War I and the collapse of the German Empire, the years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler and Nazism, World War II and the life of an émigré in exile, the Cold War division of Germany, and the collapse of the German Democratic Republic and reunification of Germany in 1990. As a member of the Communist Party in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s, he was particularly active in resisting the rise of Nazism as well as becoming an opponent of Stalinism within the Communist Party during the 1930s, which subsequently led him to give up membership in the party. Although most of his papers from this phase of his career had to be abandoned when he fled Germany in 1934, much of his later correspondence and writings reflect on this period, and provide ample source material for the researcher. Reimann published several works about Nazi Germany prior to and during the war years, but in 1947 he established a financial newsletter, the International Reports on Finance and Currencies, and his editorial work on this publication as well as economic and business consulting absorbed much of his time in the following decades. With the collapse of East Germany and the unification of Germany in 1990, his activities in the Communist Party during the 1930s received new scholarly attention in the former East Germany, and led Reimann to write and publish several books about that period of his life during the 1990s. In addition to his book Berlin-Moskau 1932, which was an account of his trip to the Soviet Union and his disillusionment with the ascendant Stalinism of this period, he also published a collection of his correspondence from the 1940s with Herbert Wehner, the former communist who became an influential leader in the Social Democratic Party in West Germany during the 1960s and 1970s. Reimann's papers contain many manuscript drafts and fragments of the texts for these books, as well as autobiographical vignettes used in some of his writings, and subject material he collected while working on these books. Günter Reimann was born Hans Steinicke. In consequence of his political activities he assumed various pseudonyms in his life. Most of all he used his official adopted name Günter Reimann. Other pseudonyms were Robert Braun and Hans Anders. Alternatively he applied several spellings of the mentioned names. Therefore you will find in the papers the following versions of his name: a) Günt(h)er (German version) or Guent(h)er (English version) b) Reiman(n) or Reimen(n) c) R(obert) Braun or R(obert) Brown d) Hans Anders. The collection is divided into six series and includes a variety of material such as correspondences, speeches, writings, articles, newspapers and books. Arrangement The collection is organized into 6 series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Writings, Autobiography/Memoirs, International Reports on Finance and Currencies, and Printed Matter. Subjects and Indexing Terms Journalists Economics Journalism -- United States Germany -- Politics and government -- 20th century Communism -- Germany National socialism International economic relations Biographical File 1935-2003 Scope and Contents note Includes identification cards, diaries/notes, reports and records by others, video tapes and photographs. box 1, folder 1 Photographs 1953, undated box 1, folder 2 About Günter Reimann box 1, folder 3-4 Diary/Notes Europe Trips 1948-1951 box 1, folder 5 Diary/Notes 1973-1974 Register of the Günter Reimann 2008C55 3 papers Biographical File 1935-2003 box 1, folder 6 German Federal Cross of Merit, 2003. Includes certificate (2003) and speech (2004) and copy of dation box 1, folder 7 File of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, 1936-1939. Including comment by Günter Reimann 1995 box 1, folder 8 FBI-File box 1, folder 9 German Translation of the U.S. Drivers License box 1, folder 10 Reports and Records from after the World War II by Others box 1, folder 11 Television Show on video tapes 1989; English; ca. 2:00 min 1997; German; ca. 2:30 min Undated; German; ca. 21:30 min Correspondence Scope and Contents note Includes letters both from and to Günter Reimann, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. box 2, folder 1 Anna-Seghers-Gesellschaft box 2, folder 2 Arbatov, Georgy A. box 2, folder 3 Ascher, Yonne H. box 2, folder 4 Barter, Ilse box 2, folder 5 Barthel, Thomas box 2, folder 6 Barthel-Kaetzler, Luise (Wise) box 2, folder 7 Baumgart, Claus box 2, folder 8 Bear, John B. box 2, folder 9 Beck, Doris box 2, folder 10 Becker, Holger box 2, folder 11 Bédjaï, Gilbert box 2, folder 12 Bergmann, Theo box 2, folder 13 Berkholz, Stefan box 2, folder 14 Beverage, Albion and Grace box 2, folder 15 Bischoff, Joachim box 2, folder 16 Bock, Andrew A. box 2, folder 17 Böker, Alexander box 2, folder 18 Bonn Aktuell Verlag (Publisher) box 2, folder 19 Boucault, Mosco box 2, folder 20 brand eins (Magazine) box 2, folder 21 Brand, Horst box 2, folder 22 Breyer, Maxe box 2, folder 23 Broué, Pierre box 2, folder 24 Buchverlage Ullstein Langen Müller (Publisher) box 2, folder 25 Burmester, Gisela and Jens Peter box 2, folder 26 Charnas, Alexander box 2, folder 27 Cohen, Elliot E. box 2, folder 28 Cohen, Stephen F. box 2, folder 29 Cohn, Emma box 2, folder 30 Collett, Alec box 2, folder 31 Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE) box 2, folder 32 Cosman, Cornelius M. box 2, folder 33 Costa, Francisco box 2, folder 34 Creider, Vera box 2, folder 35 Cu, Nguyen Trong box 2, folder 36 Daly, Jorge L. box 2, folder 37 Dauber, Gene box 2, folder 38 Dennot, F. box 2, folder 39 Dewar, Rita box 2, folder 40 Dietz Verlag (Publisher) box 2, folder 41 Dunsmore, William J. box 2, folder 42 Elefanten Press (Publisher) box