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'''John Theodore Herrmann''' was born in [[Lansing, Michigan]] in 1900. He lived in [[Paris]] in the 1920s, part of the famous expatriate American writers' circle there, when he met his first wife [[Josephine Herbst]]. Josephine is enjoyed more success as a writer than her husband. He scraped by 6 as an “author and petition writer,” and as a minor party functionary. The couple lived a few years in rural Pennsylvania, and were friends with [[Katherine Porter|Katherine Anne Porter]], who had lived in Mexico for a time in the 1920s. They divorced in the early 1930s, and he went to work for the [[New Deal]] administration of [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in 1934.   

'''John Theodore Herrmann''' was born in [[Lansing, Michigan]] in 1900. He was the son of a German immigrant family. <ref>"Novel Recounts German Backlash in Lansing," Lansing State Journal, November 11, 2018, P. A13| https://www.newspapers.com/image/505827053/</ref>He lived in [[Paris]] in the 1920s, part of the famous expatriate American writers' circle there, when he met his first wife [[Josephine Herbst]]. Herrmann's family were tailors in Lansing, and would send Herrmann suits in Paris, which he would then often give to writers, including [[Ernest Hemingway]].<ref>"Forgotten Novelist Gets his Due 89 Years Later", Lansing State Journal, June 11, 2015, P. A5 |https://www.newspapers.com/image/109043509/</ref>

 

Josephine is enjoyed more success as a writer than her husband. He scraped by 6 as an “author and petition writer,” and as a minor party functionary. The couple lived a few years in rural Pennsylvania, and were friends with [[Katherine Porter|Katherine Anne Porter]], who had lived in Mexico for a time in the 1920s. They divorced in the early 1930s, and he went to work for the [[New Deal]] administration of [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in 1934.   

Herrmann became part of the [[Ware group]], a Washington D.C. based secret apparatus of the [[CPUSA]] and [[Comintern]] and functioned as a courier to carry classified information to Soviet intelligence.  Hermann worked within the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]].   

Herrmann became part of the [[Ware group]], a Washington D.C. based secret apparatus of the [[CPUSA]] and [[Comintern]] and functioned as a courier to carry classified information to Soviet intelligence.  Hermann worked within the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]].   

In 1984, a biographer of Herrmann's ex-wife Josephine Herbst, Elinor Langer, revealed that Herbst had disclosed to her that her spouse Herrmann introduced Chambers to Alger Hiss at a Chinese restaurant near Dupont Circle in 1934.<ref>"Book Touches off New Controversy in Hiss Case", by Joseph Berger, The Roanoke Times, September 13, 1984, Page 63 | https://www.newspapers.com/image/919070242/</ref> Herrmann died in 1959, and Herbst in 1969. This statement, if true, undercuts a significant portion of Hiss' testimony before Congress.

In 1984, a biographer of Herrmann's ex-wife Josephine Herbst, Elinor Langer, revealed that Herbst had disclosed to her that her spouse Herrmann introduced Chambers to Alger Hiss at a Chinese restaurant near Dupont Circle in 1934.<ref>"Book Touches off New Controversy in Hiss Case", by Joseph Berger, The Roanoke Times, September 13, 1984, Page 63 | https://www.newspapers.com/image/919070242/</ref> Herrmann died in 1959, and Herbst in 1969. This statement, if true, undercuts a significant portion of Hiss' testimony before Congress.

   

   

==Books by John Hermann==

==Books by John Hermann==

*''Summer is Ended'' (1932)

*''Summer is Ended'' (1932)

*''The Salesman'' (1939)

*''The Salesman'' (1939)

==Sources==

==Sources==