Ilse Kaiser: correspondence re Erich Kaiser

Identifier
WL971
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70868
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Erich Kaiser who wrote under the pseudonyms Emil Grant and Flavius was born in Berlin in 1905 and emigrated to Paris in 1933 where he worked as a journalist for a number of German emigré newspapers including Paris Tageblatt, Paris Tageszeitung, Vorwärts, and Weltbühne. He was brought to Albi, Camp des Prestateurs where he committed suicide on 1 September 1940.

See also Wiener Library collection 1063 for original correspondence of Erich Kaiser and other papers.

Acquisition

Documents re Erich Kaiser (ps Emile Grant)

Donated April 1991

Donor: Ilse Kaiser

Scope and Content

The copy correspondence in this collection between Ilse Kaiser and the publishers K. G. Saur Verlag concerns the inclusion of a biographical entry for Erich Kaiser, Ilse's brother, a German emigré journalist.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

  • Kaiser, Erich

Subjects

  • Letters
  • Press
  • Exile literature
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