persons Best, Robert

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Name Best, Robert
Alternative Names
  • fictional character: James Drew
  • ID 6561
    Gender male
    Lifespan 1896-04 - 1952-12
    Professions journalist (Q1930187), foreign correspondent, American
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  • Uri(s) https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/6561/
    Notes Robert Best was born in South Carolina. From 1922 onwards, he worked for the United Press in Vienna. He was chiefly responsible for organizing the regular table of journalists and foreign correspondents at Café Louvre, which became an essential meeting and networking place during the interwar years. Following the Anschluss, he contineued reporting for the United Press until 1941. After Germany declared war on the U.S., he was incarcerated and supposed to return to the States in 1942; however, he refused to leave. Instead, he volunteered to be a propagandist for the Germans. According to his former colleague, William Shirer, he also became violently anti-Semitic during this time. In 1946, he was finally transported back to the United States as a prisoner for treason and convicted in 1948. He died in prison in 1952. (see Durning, Dan. “Vienna’s Café Louvre in the 1920s & 1930s: Meeting Place for Foreign Correspondents.” (2012))

    Relations

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    1920 1922 studied at Columbia University
    1922 1938 visited Central Telegraph Office Vienna
    1940 was member of the Stammtisch of foreign correspondents at the Café Louvre
    1922 1940 regularly visited Café Louvre
    1923-05 1941 worked for/at United Press International
    1916 graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
    worked for/at Amepress
    1922 graduated from Columbia University

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    related >> acquainted with Fodor, Marcel
    related >> acquainted with Gossman, Oliver
    related >> acquainted with Benes, Laszlo
    related >> acquainted with Gedye, George Eric Rowe
    related >> acquainted with Gunther, John
    related >> acquainted with Shirer, William Lawrence
    related >> acquainted with Fodor, Marie Martha

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    Place of Birth Spartanburg, SC
    1922-12 related >> visited >> visited for educational purposes Vienna
    1928 1945 related >> lived at Strozzigasse 15, 1080 Vienna

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    related >> appears/appeared in >> as fictionalized character The Lost City
    related >> appears/appeared in >> as fictionalized character The Traitor

    Label

    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    James Drew fictional character deu

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