Erich Kaiser: Personal Papers

The original letters and postcards in this collection document the experiences of Erich Kaiser, a German emigré journalist in France The papers consist of original correspondence mainly between Erich and sister Ilse (-/1); examples of Erich Kaiser's journalism (-/2); miscellaneous papers (-/3); and correspondence with the Wiener Library (-/4) 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 Prestataires where he committed suicide on 1 September 1940. Open