Joseph Kaskell

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Joseph Kaskell (born March 13, 1892 , † September 5, 1989 in Madison , New Hampshire , USA ) was a German-American lawyer and writer.

Life

Joseph Kaskell was a lawyer in Berlin and active in the liberal-Protestant movement . He emigrated to the USA where he worked as a lawyer. He worked in the Council for a Democratic Germany and was secretary of the American Committee to Aid Survivors of German Resistance . Joseph Kaskell was seen as a representative of liberal Protestantism in US policy on exile.

literature

  • Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der Deutschensprachigen Emigration nach 1933 / International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945. Volume 1: Politics, Economy, Public Life . Munich 1980. Volume 2: The Arts, Sciences and Literature . Munich 1983. Volume 3: Complete register . Munich 1983
  • German and Jewish Intellectual Emigré Collection - Inventory of the Joseph Kaskell Papers, 1939–1964 (GER-049) ME Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries, Albany (New York)
personal data
SURNAME Kaskell, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American lawyer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1892
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 1989
Place of death Madison , New Hampshire , USA