Haushofer admits that after 1933 much of what he wrote was distorted under duress: his wife had to be protected by Hess's influence ( who managed to have her awarded ' honorary German ' status ); his son was implicated in the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler and was executed by the Gestapo ; he himself was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for eight months ; and his son and grandson were imprisoned for two-and-a-half months.

Haushofer admits that after 1933 much of what he wrote was distorted under duress: his wife had to be protected by Hess's influence ; his son was murdered by the Gestapo ; he himself was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for eight months ; and his son and grandson were imprisoned for two-and-a-half months.

Later, under the Nuremberg Laws, Haushofer was categorized as a mischling, however his close friend, Hess, succeeded in having him issued a German Blood Certificate.

Haushofer entered academia with the aim of restoring and regenerating Germany.

Haushofer believed the Germans ' lack of geographical knowledge and geopolitical awareness to be a major cause of Germany ’ s defeat in World War I, as Germany had found itself with a poor alignment of allies and enemies.

After the establishment of the Nazi regime, Haushofer remained friendly with Rudolf Hess, who protected Haushofer and his wife from the racial laws of the Nazis, which deemed her a " half-Jew ".

During the pre-war years Haushofer was instrumental in linking Japan to the axis powers, acting in accordance with the theories of his book " Geopolitics of the Pacific Ocean ".

Haushofer was exposed to Ratzel, who was friends with Haushofer's father, a teacher of economic geography, and would integrate Ratzel's ideas on the division between sea and land powers into his theories, saying that only a country with both could overcome this conflict.

Father Edmund A. Walsh S. J., professor of geopolitics and dean at Georgetown University, who interviewed Haushofer after the allied victory in preparation for the Nuremberg trials, disagreed with Haushofer's assessment that geopolitik was terribly distorted by Hitler and the Nazis.

Haushofer was never a member of the Nazi Party, and did voice disagreements with the party, leading to his brief imprisonment.

Eckardt and Haushofer put Hitler in contact with the Great Old Ones with their goal of helping the Nazis engineer superhuman bodies that could act as physical vehicles for these Dark Gods.

The controversial geopolitician Karl Haushofer was among the academics associated with it in its initial phases.

Though not ideologically or politically aligned with the Nazis himself even if he offered them intellectual support, geopolitician Karl Haushofer had also advocated for the partition of Switzerland between its surrounding countries in his work, where Romandy ( Welschland ) would be awarded to France, Ticino to Italy, and Central and Eastern Switzerland to Germany.

The German geostrategist General Karl Haushofer was exposed to Ratzel, who was friends with Haushofer ’ s father, and would integrate Ratzel ’ s ideas on the division between sea and land powers into his theories, saying that only a country with both could overcome this conflict.

In his writings, Haushofer also adopted the view that borders are largely insignificant, especially as the nation ought to be in a frequent state of struggle with those around it.

Haushofer was exposed to Ratzel, who was friends with Haushofer's father, a teacher of economic geography, and would integrate Ratzel's ideas on the division between sea and land powers into his theories, saying that only a country with both of those could overcome this conflict.

Haushofer adopts the view that borders are largely insignificant in his writings, especially as the nation ought to be in a frequent state of struggle with those around it.

Father Edmund A. Walsh S. J., professor of geopolitics and dean at Georgetown University, who interviewed Haushofer after the allied victory in preparation for the Nuremberg trials, disagreed with Haushofer's assessment that geopolitik was terribly distorted by Hitler and the Nazis.

Haushofer was never an ardent Nazi, and did voice disagreements with the party, leading to his brief imprisonment.

The historical record shows that German geopoliticians, chief among them General Karl Haushofer, were in contact with and taught Nazi officials, including Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess and Konstantin von Neurath.

More recently Haushofer's influence within the Nazi Party has been questioned ( O ' Tuathail, 1996 ) since Haushofer failed to incorporate the Nazis ' racial ideology into his work.

Haushofer defined geopolitik in 1935 as " the duty to safeguard the right to the soil, to the land in the widest sense, not only the land within the frontiers of the Reich, but the right to the more extensive Volk and cultural lands.

Haushofer defined geopolitik in 1935 as " the duty to safeguard the right to the soil, to the land in the widest sense, not only the land within the frontiers of the Reich but also the right to the more extensive Volk and cultural lands.

On Hess ' rise to prominence within the Nazi Party, Haushofer became his advisor on foreign affairs.

Dietrich Bronder ( Bevor Hitler kam, 1964 ) alleged that other members of the Thule Society were later prominent in Nazi Germany: the list includes Dietrich Eckart ( who coached Hitler on his public speaking skills and had Mein Kampf dedicated to him ) as well as Gottfried Feder, Hans Frank, Hermann Göring, Karl Haushofer, Rudolf Hess, Heinrich Himmler and Alfred Rosenberg.

In 1923 Karl Haushofer founded the Zeitschrift für Geopolitik ( Journal for Geopolitics ), which later proved useful to Nazi Germany propaganda.

Through his student Rudolf Hess, Haushofer's ideas may have influenced the development of Adolf Hitler's expansionist strategies, although Haushofer denied direct influence on the Nazi regime.

Ultimately, Hess and Konstantin von Neurath, Nazi Minister of Foreign Affairs, were the only officials Haushofer would admit had a proper understanding of geopolitik.

The notion of a contact between Haushofer and the Nazi establishment has been stressed by several authors.

The influence of Haushofer on Nazi ideology is dramatized in the 1943 short documentary film, Plan for Destruction.

Ultimately, Hess and Von Neurath, Nazi Minister of Foreign Affairs, were the only officials Haushofer judged to have had a proper understanding of geopolitik.

Pre-World War II political geography was concerned largely with these issues of global power struggles and influencing state policy, and the above theories were taken on board by German geopoliticians ( see Geopolitik ) such as Karl Haushofer who-perhaps inadvertently-greatly influenced Nazi political theory.

The Thule Society, led by Karl Haushofer and Dietlinde Eckhart, use Envy and Edward's kidnapped father Hohenheim as catalysts to open a portal to Edward's world, believing it to be the utopia Shamballa after learning about it from Hohenheim.

Thus the concept of Lebensraum was picked up and expanded by publicists of the day, including Karl Haushofer and General Friedrich von Bernhardi.

Pauwels claims Karl Haushofer, the father of geopolitics whose protegee was Deputy Reich Führer Rudolf Hess, as one of the real " seekers after truth " described by Gurdjieff.

After World War I, the thoughts of Rudolf Kjellén and Ratzel were picked up and extended by a number of German authors such as Karl Haushofer ( 1869 – 1946 ), Erich Obst, Hermann Lautensach and Otto Maull.

Haushofer continued his career as a professional soldier, serving in the army of Imperial Germany, and rising through the Staff Corp by 1899.

Haushofer was received by the Japanese emperor and got to know many important people in politics and armed forces.

From September 24, 1945 on Karl Haushofer was informally interrogated by Father Edmund A. Walsh on behalf of the Allied forces to determine if he should stand trial at Nuremberg for war crimes.

Haushofer acknowledges the strategic concept of the Heartland put forward by the British geopolitician Halford Mackinder.

Walsh found that even if Haushofer did not directly assist Hitler, discernible new elements appeared in Mein Kampf, as compared to previous speeches made by Hitler.

Karl Haushofer is a supporting character in the best selling Japanese historical fantasy novel Teito Monogatari ( 1985 — 1989 ) by Hiroshi Aramata.

Haushofer is portrayed as a minor villain in the 2005 anime movie Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, in which he is voiced by Masane Tsukayama in the Japanese version and John Swasey in the English version.

After the July 20 plot it was used as a detention centre by the Gestapo, which on the night of April 22, 1945, murdered 16 inmates, amongst them Klaus Bonhoeffer, Rüdiger Schleicher and Albrecht Haushofer, who wrote the " Moabit Sonnets " during his arrest.

" It was a translation of the German term " Wehrgeopolitik " as used by German geostrategist Karl Haushofer.

Haushofer, an academic primarily, was interrogated by Father Edmund A. Walsh, a professor of geopolitics from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, at the request of the U. S. authorities.

Haushofer even held that urbanization was a symptom of a nation's decline by giviing evidence a decreasing soil mastery, birthrate, and effectiveness of centralized rule.

Haushofer acknowledges the strategic concept of the Heartland put forward by the British geopolitician Halford Mackinder.

Walsh found that even if Haushofer did not directly assist Hitler, discernible new elements appeared in Mein Kampf, as compared to previous speeches made by Hitler.

Hitler ’ s ideas about eastward expansion that he promulgated in Mein Kampf were greatly influenced during his 1924 imprisonment by his contact with his geopolitical mentor Karl Haushofer.