# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-august-wittfogel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:49:13.098Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-august-wittfogel"
name: "Karl August Wittfogel"
slug: "karl-august-wittfogel"
description: "Karl August Wittfogel was a German-American historian, sinologist, and playwright. He was originally a Marxist and an active member of the Communist Party of Germany, but after the Second World War, he was an equally fierce anticommunist."
tagline: "German-American academic (1896–1988)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1896-09-06"
deathDate: "1988-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump