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German philosopher (1869-1946)

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Karl Haushofer was a German political scientist, pedagogue, military officer, and university teacher. Born in Munich in 1869, he served as a major general and participated in World War I. He held a doctorate and was educated at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where he also worked as a professor. His professional affiliations included membership in the Thule Society.

Haushofer authored numerous works, including *Welt in gärung*, *Erdkunde*, *Geopolitik und Wehrwissenschaft*, *Raumüberwindende mächte*, *Geographie und Weltmacht*, *eine Einführung in die Geopolitik*, and *Wehr-geopolitik*. His academic focus encompassed nationalism, geopolitics, and political geography. He died by suicide in Pähl in 1946. He was the son of Max Haushofer and the father of Albrecht Haushofer.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1869
Died
1946
Works
48

Top works

  • Welt in gärung
  • Erdkunde, Geopolitik und Wehrwissenschaft
  • Der deutsche Anteil an der geographischen Erschliessung Japans und des Subjapanischen Erdraums, und deren Förderung durch den Einfluss von Krieg und Wehrpolitik
  • Raumüberwindende mächte
  • Geographie und Weltmacht, eine Einführung in die Geopolitik

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
1869–1946
Nationality
DE, DEU
Role / Field
Geografowie, Nationalism, Geopolitics, Geopolityka, Geografia polityczna
Language
ger
Gender
Male

Recorded by 27 libraries

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Key facts

Born
Karl Ernst Haushofer , ( 1869-08-27 ) 27 August 1869, Munich , Kingdom of Bavaria
Died
10 March 1946 (1946-03-10) (aged 76), Pähl , Free State of Bavaria , Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch
Imperial German Army
Service years
1887–1919
Rank
Major general
Spouse
Martha Mayer-Doss ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1896 ; died 1946 ) ​
Children
Albrecht Haushofer
Other work
Professor at LMU Munich

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Karl
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Munich
Place of death
Pähl
Occupation
geographer
Position held
professor
Languages spoken
German
Academic degree
doctorate
Conflict
World War I
Military rank
major general
Image
KarlHaushofer.jpg
Work location
Munich
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date of birth
1869-08-27
date of death
1946-03-10
member of
Thule Society
manner of death
Suicide
name in native language
Karl Haushofer
Commons category
Karl Haushofer
Commons Creator page
Karl Haushofer
place of detention
Dachau concentration camp
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Encyclopedic overview

Karl Ernst Haushofer (27 August 1869 – 10 March 1946) was a German general, professor, geographer, and diplomat. Haushofer's concept of Geopolitik influenced the ideological development of Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess. During Hess and Hitler's incarceration by the Weimar Republic after the Beer Hall Putsch, Haushofer visited Landsberg Prison to teach and mentor both Hess and Hitler. Haushofer also coined the political use of the term Lebensraum, which Hitler also used to justify both crimes against peace and genocide. At the same time, however, Gen. Haushofer's half-Jewish wife and their children were categorized as Mischlinge under the Nuremberg Laws. Their son, Albrecht Haushofer, was issued a German Blood Certificate through the influence of Rudolf Hess, but was arrested in 1944 over his involvement with the July 20th plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi Party. During the last days of the war, Albrecht Haushofer was summarily executed by the SS for his role in the German Resistance.

After being interrogated by Fr. Edmund A. Walsh, who recommended to Robert H. Jackson that Haushofer be prosecuted at the Nuremberg Trials for complicity in Nazi war crimes, Karl and Martha Haushofer died together in a suicide pact outside of their home in the American Zone of Occupied Germany.

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