Günther Stein (journalist)

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Günther Stein (* 1900 in Berlin , † 1961 in London ) was a German journalist and book author .

Life

Stein worked for the Berliner Tageblatt between 1920 and 1933 . In 1932 he was a correspondent in Moscow . Because of his Jewish origins, he emigrated to England in 1933. From 1934 Stein worked as a foreign correspondent in Japan for the Manchester Guardian , the Christian Science Monitor and the Associated Press , and from 1938 to 1941 in Hong Kong . In 1945 he went to the USA and returned to Great Britain in 1947.

The editor of the Christian Science Monitor , Erwin D. Canham, wrote about Stein's contributions to Japan and China in his newspaper's 1958 story, Commitment to Freedom, in his newspaper, which ended in 1945. In it he suspects that Stein worked for the Soviet Union during his stay in Japan. He describes it as "puzzling" and that one "knew too little".

US Senator Joseph McCarthy accused Stein of spying for China. During the Second World War he is said to have been part of Richard Sorge's "ring" . In addition, Stein is said to have worked with Max Christiansen-Clausen .

Works

  • Made in Japan. Methuen, 1935.
  • Far East in Ferment. Methuen, 1936.
  • Chungking Considers the Future. American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1942.
  • The Challenge of Red China. Da Capo Press, 1945, ISBN 0-306-70736-5 .
  • American Business With East Asia: A study of economic relations between the United States and East Asia, 1946-1947. American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1947.
  • The World the Dollar Built. D. Dobson, 1952.

literature

  • Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945. Edited by the Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Stein, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1961
Place of death London