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Karl Haushofer
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Karl Haushofer (1869–1946) was a German political scientist, pedagogue, military officer, and university teacher. Born in Munich, he held the rank of major general and served as a member of the Thule Society. He participated in World War I. Haushofer was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where he also worked as a teacher. He held a doctorate and spoke German.
His academic work focused on fields including nationalism, geopolitics, and political geography. Notable works include *Welt in gärung*, *Erdkunde*, *Geopolitik und Wehrwissenschaft*, *Raumüberwindende mächte*, *Geographie und Weltmacht, eine Einführung in die Geopolitik*, and *Wehr-geopolitik*. He was the father of Albrecht Haushofer.
Haushofer died by suicide in Pähl in 1946.
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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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology
· 2015 · cited 28,127x
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,369x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,367x
- An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design
· 2012 · cited 11,674x
- LIII. <i>On lines and planes of closest fit to systems of points in space</i>
· 1901 · cited 9,378x
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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
via VIAF · OCLC
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
- Child
- Albrecht Haushofer
- Father
- Max Haushofer
- Occupation
- geographer
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military rank
- major general
- Image
- KarlHaushofer.jpg
- Work location
- Munich
Show 8 more facts
- 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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