Emery Reves () (6 September 1904 – 5 September 1981) was a writer, publisher, and successful press and literary agent most notably for Winston Churchill and other prominent European statesmen who were predominantly anti-Fascists and held Democratic ideals. He advocated that world federalism might bring peace to a post-war world. Youth Reves was born in Bácsföldvár, Hungary, now part of Serbia, to Jewish parents Simon and Gisele Gross Reves, who were middle class property owners. As exact dates of his birth and death vary, those provided by his widow for his tombstone are used. A brilliant student in Budapest, he moved to Berlin in 1922. He received a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Zurich in 1926, writing on the economic theories of Walther Rathenau, a German politician and successful industrialist of Jewish ancestry, who served as Foreign Minister. A strong proponent of Democratic government and a stronger opponent of autocratic rule, Rathaneau was assassinated by anti-Semitic right-wing extremists in 1922, likely for expanding trade with the Soviet Union. While in Zurich, Reves wrote his first articles and conducted his first interviews with politicians.He would later lose his mother and other family members in the holocaust. Career as press and literary agent In the 1920s, he became a freelance journalist, focusing on the League of Nations. Statesmen including French Prime Minister Aristide Briand and Lord Robert Cecil, architect of the League of Nations, supported his desire to create an international news agency that would counter purely nationalistic viewpoints. Founding Cooperation Press Service Towards this end, around 1933, he founded the "Cooperation Press Service and Publishing Company" in Paris, known for its internationalism, broad circulation, and strong anti-Nazi stance. It was considered the first viable wire press service in Europe.<ref name="TRC">[http://66.195.106.23/teacherpackets/teachingpackets/tp/revescollection/leftinfo/revbio.htm The Reeves Collection, Teacher packets from Museum Collections, 'Emery Reves as Collector] Retrieved 2023-02-09.</ref> Reeves had to abandon his Press Service in Berlin after it was raided by Nazi Storm Troopers on the first of April, 1933. Fleeing Berlin at the age of 29, he reopened the office in Paris. In June 1940, he was forced to flee France after the fall of Paris, by one account on a submarine put at his disposal by Winston Churchill, relocating to London. At Churchill's request, he was sent to New York in February 1941 and relocated his agency's headquarters there, while retaining the use of press outlets in European cities, South