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Haushofer

American  
[hous-hoh-fer] / ˈhaʊs hoʊ fər /

noun

  1. Karl, 1860–1946, German geographer and general: political adviser to Hitler.


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One of the leading German geographers of the era, Karl Haushofer, was a father figure to Rudolf Hess and Adolf Hitler.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Haushofer wrote to Hamilton in order to make contact but never received a reply.

From BBC May 9, 2021

A few months later, Karl Haushofer and his Jewish wife committed suicide together when confronted with the possibility that the victorious allies might prosecute him as a senior Nazi war criminal.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2018

Last year, Johannes Haushofer, assistant professor of psychology at Princeton University, got a flood of media attention for having his own C.V. of failures.

From Scientific American Sep. 25, 2017

“This is a landmark study,” says Johannes Haushofer, a psychologist at Princeton University.

From Science Magazine Nov. 17, 2014

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