Metadata : Gross, Fritz: unpublished writings
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Postal address:
- 29 Russell SquareLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1B 5DP
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7636 7247
- Web address:
- https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Postal address:
- 29 Russell SquareLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1B 5DP
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7636 7247
- Web address:
- https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/
- Reference number:
- 620
- Title:
- Gross, Fritz: unpublished writings
- Title (official language):
- Gross, Fritz: unpublished writings
- Creator/accumulator:
- Gross, Fritz, 1897-1946, writer
- Date(s):
- 1930/1949
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 73 volumes
- Scope and content:
- Fritz Gross collection of unpublished writings, [1930-1949] comprises original typescript writings notably including numerous short dramas notably including _Piter_, 1927 (620/26) a drama about Russia in 1917; anthologies of poetry notably including _Der Regenbogen_ 1946 (620/56), a collection of German poems; essays on a wide variety of subjects including _Deutsche_ 1930s-1940s (620/87) and biographical sketches of famous people.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Fritz Gross was born in Vienna in 1897, the son of a Jewish dealer in precious stones, Herman Gross; fought in World War One, where he lost some of his closest friends, after which he moved to Germany where he worked at a variety of jobs in different places; joined the German Communist Party (KPD)in 1919 and was also an activist in various other left wing groups such as the 'Internationale Arbeiter-Hilfe', of which he was the general secretary in 1923. He married Babette Thüring, also an activist, in 1920 and they had a son in 1923; in 1929, after their separation he moved to Hamburg, and stayed in the house of Magda Hoppstock-Huth; after Adolf Hitler came to power he moved to England, eventually setting up home in Regent Square, London, where he built up a lending library for other refugees and the house became a meeting place. He spent much of his time working in the British Library where he produced most of his writing, without being able to publish much; died 1946.
- Access points: locations:
- Russia
- Access points: persons/families:
- Gross, Fritz
- Subject terms:
- Literature
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/71060
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn
- Wiener Library
- Reference number:
- 620
- Title:
- Gross, Fritz: unpublished writings
- Title (official language):
- Gross, Fritz: unpublished writings
- Creator/accumulator:
- Gross, Fritz, 1897-1946, writer
- Date(s):
- 1930/1949
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 73 volumes
- Scope and content:
- Fritz Gross collection of unpublished writings, [1930-1949] comprises original typescript writings notably including numerous short dramas notably including _Piter_, 1927 (620/26) a drama about Russia in 1917; anthologies of poetry notably including _Der Regenbogen_ 1946 (620/56), a collection of German poems; essays on a wide variety of subjects including _Deutsche_ 1930s-1940s (620/87) and biographical sketches of famous people.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Fritz Gross was born in Vienna in 1897, the son of a Jewish dealer in precious stones, Herman Gross; fought in World War One, where he lost some of his closest friends, after which he moved to Germany where he worked at a variety of jobs in different places; joined the German Communist Party (KPD)in 1919 and was also an activist in various other left wing groups such as the 'Internationale Arbeiter-Hilfe', of which he was the general secretary in 1923. He married Babette Thüring, also an activist, in 1920 and they had a son in 1923; in 1929, after their separation he moved to Hamburg, and stayed in the house of Magda Hoppstock-Huth; after Adolf Hitler came to power he moved to England, eventually setting up home in Regent Square, London, where he built up a lending library for other refugees and the house became a meeting place. He spent much of his time working in the British Library where he produced most of his writing, without being able to publish much; died 1946.
- Access points: locations:
- Russia
- Access points: persons/families:
- Gross, Fritz
- Subject terms:
- Literature
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/71060
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn
- Wiener Library
