Guenther Reinhardt

Guenther Reinhardt (1904 – 1968) was a German-American writer and investigator, best known for his book Crime Without Punishment: The Secret Soviet Terror Against America.

Background

Guenther Reinhardt was born Günther Reinhardt on December 13, 1904, in Mannheim, Germany to a banking family. His parents were Dr. Philipp Victor Reinhardt and Lilli Johanna Zimmern. He attended school at the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz in Switzerland. In 1922, he received a BA from the Royal College of Mannheim, in 1925 a BS in economics from Mannheim and an MA from Heidelberg University. Later in 1925, he began post-graduate research at Columbia University through 1927. In 1939, he joined the staff of the New York Daily News through 1940. In 1946, he was a correspondent for the International News Service. Overall, he contributed to newspaper syndicates and national magazines for more than three decades, 1932–1968. Publications include Life and Look American magazines and Der Bund Swiss newspaper. In the late 1940s, he became a contributor to Plain Talk.

In 1943, Reinhardt became a research consultant the Republican National Committee through 1944. In 1944, he became a consultant to the Office of United States Company-Ordinator of Inter-American Affairs through 1945 and then with Counter Intelligence Corps, United States Forces, European Theatre of Operations through 1947. During that time, Reinhardt tried to hunt down six Hungarian SS guards who had murdered downed American airman and accused US Army officials of smuggling "Nazi gold" into the USA. In 1947, he served as expert consultant to the US Secretary of the Army through 1948. He served as an interpreter during the Nuremberg Trials (1948–9)

In 1964, Reinhardt was arrested for stealing documents from the New York State Liquor Authority to sell to detectives who were posing as "underworld agents." By April that year, he had appeared in court 37 times already.

Personal life and death

On August 5, 1937, Reinhardt married Helen I. Williams.

Books You Americans; fifteen foreign press correspondents report their impressions of the United States and its people (1939) Nathan the Wise (Nathan der Weise) (1950) (translation) Crime Without Punishment: The Secret Soviet Terror Against America (1952) The Jews in Nazi Germany ) Source Materials for Psychological Warfare