Günter Reimann

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Günter Reimann or Guenter Reimann (November 13, 1904, Angermünde, Germany - February 5, 2005 New York) born Hans Steinicke was a member of the German Communist Party and at the forefront of the underground resistance to Hitler within Germany. After fleeing Germany for London, he wrote The Vampire Economy: Doing Business Under Fascism, published in 1939. In that treatise, Reimann documented how the oppressive rule of the Nazis crushed the autonomy of the private sector through severe regulations and the threat of confiscatory fines for petty offences. As an economist, he later founded the "International Reports on Finance and Currencies" financial newsletter in 1947. He also authored "Patents for Hitler" in 1942.After his migration to the USA, he lived in New York city, where he met Miriam Weber, a socialist activist, with whom who he later married and fathered two children.

He later moved to Manhasset, Long Island, New York. In 2004, Reimann was awarded Germany's Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit, the nation's highest civilian award.

He is survived by his wife Jutta, his four children, grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.