Karl August Wittfogel ✓ Source-based stable German-American academic (1896-1988)
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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.
Institute for Social Research planning meeting Geraberg 1 May 1923): Hede Massing, Friedrich Pollock, Edward Alexander Ludwig, Konstantin Zetkin, Georg Lukács, Julian Gumperz, Richard Sorge, Karl Alexander (child), Felix Weil, unknown; sitting: Karl August Wittfogel, Rose Wittfogel, unknown, Christiane Sorge, Karl Korsch, Hedda Korsch, Käthe Weil, Margarete Lissauer, Bela Fogarasi, Gertrud Alexander
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Lived 1896 to 1988 · aged 91
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