Riess, Curt

Curt Riess was born of Jewish-German origin in Wurzburg, Germany in 1902. As a young man, Riess studied in Paris, Munich, and Heidelberg, and spent time working as a merchant in both New York and Berlin. On a business trip to the USA he discovered his talent for journalism and decided to pursue a career in the industry. Riess rst journalistic position was for a liberal 12 o clock worksheet in Berlin, for which he also edited the sports section and throughout the 1920s he toured Europe as a reporter and lm and theatre critic. In 1933, Riess was forced into exile and finally settled in Manhattan...