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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Example Sentences

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

Haushofer’s 1963 novel, “The Wall,” was reissued by New Directions in 2022 with an afterword by Claire-Louise Bennett.

From Los Angeles Times

The book is one of the most disturbing novels I’ve ever read, and when New Directions announced it would be reissuing Haushofer’s novella “Killing Stella,” I promptly sat down in the park with the advance copy and read the whole thing.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a friend of Hess's called Albrecht Haushofer who brought up the name of the unsuspecting Duke of Hamilton, whom he had met in Berlin before the war.

From BBC

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

From BBC