Heinrich Kronstein Papers

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Identifier: GTM-790507

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Scope and Contents

The collections documents the career of Heinrich Kronstein, including his teaching career at Georgetown University and as a counsellor to officials in post-World War II Germany. The bulk of the collection is in German, particuarly the correspondence.

Please see the External Documents section below to view an inventory to this collection.

Dates

Creation: 1936 - 1972

Creator

Kronstein, Heinrich, 1897-1972 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Biographical Note

Heinrich Kronstein (1897-1972) was born in Karslruhe, Germany. He studied law in Heidelberg, Germany and at the University of Berlin, where he earned his J.D. in 1926. In 1935, Kronstein and his family fled to the United States. In time, he moved to Washington, D.C. In 1941, he received another J.D., this one from Georegtown University. He worked at the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1946, Kronstein joined the faculty at the Georgetown University Law Center. From 1955 to 1969, he directed of the Instutute for Iternational Trade and Foreign Trade Law at Georgetown University.

Kronstein was noted for his efforts to reconstruct the German economy after World War II. He was also an expert on German cartels and trade law.

Heinrich Kronstein died in 1972 in Berne, Switzerland at the age of 75.

[Sources: Heinrich Kronstein obituary from "Washington Post" on 9/30/1972. Also, "International Law Institiute" Online].