F. S. Grosshut Collection 1927-1959

Typescripts and clippings/off-prints of published articles pertaining mainly to German literature in exile and various authors, such as Lion Feuchtwanger; Hermann Kesten; Max Tau; Elske Lasker-Schueler; Alfred Neumann; Klaus Mann; Oskar Maria Graf; and others.digitizedManuscript: "Der Fall Klaus Mann". Undated; German, 5 p.; typed, carbon. An account of the work and unhappiness of Klaus Mann."Wiedersehen mit Alfred Neumann". Undated; German, 3 p.; typed, carbon. Sketch of the literary work of an exile author."Deutsche Literatur in Israel". Undated; German, 6 p.; typed, carbon. Essay on the impact of German speaking writers in Israel."Begegnung mit Else Lasker-Schueler". Undated; German, 4 p.; typed, carbon. The author recounts his only meeting with the poet."Nordisches Nocturne". Undated (ca. 1951); German, 6 p.; typed, carbon. Account of a trip in Scandinavia."Wiesbaden". Undated (1949 ca.); German, 5 p.; typed, carbon. Review of a history of the Jewish community of Wiesbaden written by Paul Lazarus, `Die Juedische Gemeinde Wiesbaden (1918-1942)"."Max Tau: Glaube an den Menschen". Undated (1949 ca.); German, 4 p.; typed. Review of Max Tau's book `Glaube an den Menschen'.Friedrich Sally Grosshut was born in 1906 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He became a lawyer before emigrating to Palestine, where he worked as a laborer, waiter, and bookstore manager. In 1948 Grosshut left Haifa for Sweden, where he worked as a journalist, and in 1949 he immigrated to the United States, settling in New Jersey. He held various menial jobs and continued to write until his death.The Friedrich S. Grosshut Papers are held at UNH Milne Special Collections, MC 43