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I have betrayed my conscience far too long
Friday, February 15th, 2008Albrecht Georg Haushofer (January 7, 1903, Munich – April 23, 1945 Berlin) was a German geopolitician and professor of geopolitics and political geography at the University of Berlin between 1940 and 1944. He is the author of several tragedies in verse, and a representative of conservative resistance in Germany during World War II.
Born in 1903, he was one of two sons of General Prof. Dr. Karl Haushofer (1869 – 1946), a famous German geopolitician, and his half-Jewish wife Martha Mayer-Doss (1877 – 1946). His brother was Heinz Haushofer. Albrecht studied at Munich University under his father and alongside Rudolf Hess, who would later become Hitler’s deputy. After Hess’s imprisonment following the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 Albrecht was a frequent visitor to Landsberg Prison. Following graduation, Albrecht became Secretary General of Germany’s Society for Geography, and later editor of the Periodical of the Society of Geography. In his official capacity he would travel the world, lecturing and gaining a wide experience of international affairs.
