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Saul K. Padover

Saul Kussiel Padover (April 13, 1905 – February 22, 1981)[1][2] was a historian and political scientist at the New School for Social Research in New York City who wrote biographies of philosophers and politicians such as Karl Marx and Thomas Jefferson.

Saul Kussiel Padover
Born(1905-04-13)April 13, 1905
Rozwadów, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)
DiedFebruary 22, 1981(1981-02-22) (aged 75)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationWayne State University

Yale University

University of Chicago
Occupation(s)Historian
Academic
Spouses

Early years and education edit

Padover was born in Rozwadów, then in Austria-Hungary, but now in Poland.[3] He emigrated to the United States in 1920. Padover earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He completed graduate coursework at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and received a Master of Arts and in 1932. He later received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.[4]

Civil Service edit

Padover worked in the United States Department of Interior, as a political analyst for the Federal Communications Commission, and as an intelligence officer for the Office of Strategic Services.[5][6][7][8][9] Padover supervised civilian members of the Psychological Warfare Division (PWD).[10] His service was notable for his leaking the identity of U.S.-appointed mayor of Aachen Franz Oppenhoff; Heinrich Himmler subsequently ordered the assassination of Oppenhoff.[11][12][13]

Academia and writing career edit

Padover wrote editorials for PM, a short-lived liberal newspaper.[4]

In 1949, he joined the graduate faculty of The New School. He also directed the General Seminar, the New School's interdisciplinary seminar for faculty.[4]

Personal life and death edit

Padover was married first to Irina Padover, and following the death of his first wife, to Peg Fenwick, screenwriter of the film All That Heaven Allows.[14][2]

Padover died on February 22, 1981.[15]

Selected works edit

  • The Life and Death of Louis XVI. D. Appleton-Century, 1939.[15]
  • Jefferson: A Great American's Life and Ideas. Harcourt, Brace, 1942.[16][17]
  • The Complete Jefferson: Containing His Major Writings, Published and Unpublished, Except His Letters. 1,322 pages. Tudor Publishing Company, 1943.
  • Experiment in Germany. The Story of an American Intelligence Officer (1946), New York: Duell, Sloane and Pearce[11][18]
  • "Propaganda in World Politics: Psychological Warfare in an Age of World Revolution". Journal of International Affairs. 5 (2). 1951. 26 September 2018 From the Archives: The Special Issue JIA SIPA
  • The Complete Madison. Harper, 1953.[19]
  • A Jefferson Profile: As Revealed in His Letters. John Day, 1956.[20]
  • Confessions and Self-Portraits. John Day, 1957.[21]
  • The Mind of Alexander Hamilton. Harper, 1958.[22]
  • The Genius of America. McGraw-Hill, 1960.[23]
  • The Meaning of Democracy: An Appraisal of the American Experience. (1963)[24]
  • Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography. McGraw-Hill, 1972.[25][26]
  • Sources of Democracy. McGraw-Hill, 1973.[27]
  • Karl Marx on American and the Civil War. McGraw-Hill, 1973.[28]
  • The Living U.S. Constitution. With Jacob W. Landynski. Signet, 1953.[29]
  • Nehru on World History. John Day, 1960. An adaptation of Glimpses of World History by Jawaharlal Nehru.[30]

References edit

  1. ^ Number: 100-26-8974; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1951. Via Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Accessed 2019-10-29.
  2. ^ a b Asbury, Edith Evans (1981-02-24). "Dr. Saul K. Padover, author, dead at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  3. ^ Traussnig, Florian (2020). Die Psychokrieger aus Camp Sharpe. Österreicher als Kampfpropagandisten der US-Armee im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Vienna, Kelown, Weimar: Böhlau. p. 325. ISBN 978-3-205-21019-1.
  4. ^ a b c "Saul K. Padover Papers". library.albany.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  5. ^ Bale, Jeff (March–April 2006). "The U.S. occupation of Germany". International Socialist Review (1997). 46. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. ^ Warkentin, Erwin (23 September 2016). The History of U.S. Information Control in Post-War Germany: The Past Imperfect. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved 11 December 2022 – via ResearchGate.
  7. ^ Warkentin, Erwin (23 September 2016). The History of U.S. Information Control in Post-War Germany: The Past Imperfect (PDF). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-1651-9.
  8. ^ Rauch, Stefanie (March 2020). "Good Bets, Bad Bets and Dark Horses: Allied Intelligence Officers' Encounters with German Civilians, 1944–1945". Central European History. 53 (1): 120–145. doi:10.1017/s0008938919001006. S2CID 216365943. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Facilitating 'Aryanisation'". Compromised Identities?. Retrieved 11 December 2022. Sources: NYPL, Saul Padover Papers, Profiles 1944-45.
  10. ^ "THE NATIONS: Faces in the Wallow". Time.com. 26 March 1945. Retrieved 11 December 2022. A team of U.S. civilian investigators—Author-Historian Dr. Saul K. Padover, Dr. Paul Robinson Sweet of Bates College, and Lewis F. Gittler, an OWI propagandist—went into western Germany to study German civilian attitudes. After chatting with scores of German workers, grocers, professional men, housewives, Nazis and non-Nazis, Dr. Padover reported:
  11. ^ a b "EXPERIMENT IN GERMANY by Saul K. Padovor". Kirkus Reviews.
  12. ^ Taylor, Fred (2011). Exorcising Hitler : the occupation and denazification of Germany (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 978-1596915367. OCLC 669754795.
  13. ^ "American Occupation Experiences in Aachen before Germany's Surrender - Historisches Institut der RWTH Aachen Prof. Dr. Klaus Schwabe". 2008-04-06. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  14. ^ "Mrs. Saul K. Padover". The New York Times. 1952-05-12. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  15. ^ a b Landynski, Jacob (Summer 1981). "Saul Padover: 1905-1981". Social Research. 48 (2): 225–226. ISSN 0037-783X. JSTOR 40970818.
  16. ^ "JEFFERSON by Saul K. Padover". Kirkus Reviews.
  17. ^ Padover, Saul K. (1942). Jefferson. OCLC 940159841.
  18. ^ Woolbert, Robert Gale (April 1947). "Experiment in Germany". Foreign Affairs. Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  19. ^ "The Complete Madison by Saul K. Padover". Kirkus Reviews.
  20. ^ "A Jefferson Profile: As Revealed in his Letters by Saul K.- Ed. Padover". Kirkus Reviews.
  21. ^ "Confessions and self-portraits by Saul K.- Ed. Padover". Kirkus Reviews.
  22. ^ "The Mind of Alexander Hamilton by Saul K. Padover". Kirkus Reviews.
  23. ^ "The Genius of America by Saul K. Padover". Kirkus Reviews.
  24. ^ "The Meaning of Democracy by Saul K. Padover". Kirkus Reviews.
  25. ^ Padover, Saul Kussiel (1978). Karl Marx, an intimate biography. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780070480728.
  26. ^ Aikman, David (1979-01-08). "Books: Marxist Mystery". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  27. ^ "Sources of Democracy". Kirkus Reviews.
  28. ^ "Karl Marx On American and the Civil War by Saul K.--Ed. Padover". Kirkus Reviews.
  29. ^ Padover, Saul K. (1953). The Living U.S. Constitution. Signet.
  30. ^ "Nehru on World History; Glimpses of World History by". Kirkus Reviews.

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