Haushofer was, what is called today, a proponent of " Eurasianism ", advocating a policy of German – Russian hegemony and alliance to offset an Anglo – American power structure's potentially dominating influence in Europe.

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

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

It can be inferred from the episode that Hohenheim is the master of a secret society in a prestigious German university, and that he teaches alchemy to respected scholars ( Haushofer included ) in pre-Nazi Germany.

There is speculation that deputy Führer Rudolf Hess communicated with the Duke via Haushofer after the outbreak of war.

In the 2003 anime series Fullmetal Alchemist ( Episode 51: Laws and Promises ), Haushofer appears as a student of Van Hohenheim in the year 1921.

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.

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

States have, Haushofer argued, undeniable right to seek natural borders which would guarantee autarky.

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 ".

To Haushofer, the existence of a state depended on living space, the pursuit of which must serve as the basis for all policies.

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.

To Haushofer, the existence of a state depended on living space, the pursuit of which must serve as the basis for all policies.

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.

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.

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.

Haushofer came under suspicion because of his contacts with left wing socialist figures within the Nazi movement ( led by Gregor Strasser ) and his advocacy of essentially a German – Russian alliance.

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.

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

" 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

While Haushofer accompanied Hess on numerous propaganda missions, and participated in consultations between Nazis and Japanese leaders, he claimed that Hitler and the Nazis only seized upon half-developed ideas and catchwords.

In the novel, the protagonist Yasunori Kato sponsors Haushofer into the Chinese secret society to aid his political agenda to free China and Korea from Japanese control.

While Haushofer accompanies Hess on numerous propaganda missions, and participated in consultations between Nazis and Japanese leaders, he claimed that Hitler and the Nazis only seized upon half-developed ideas and catchwords.

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.

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.

Karl Ernst Haushofer ( August 27, 1869 – March 10, 1946 ) was a German general, geographer and geopolitician.

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.

Haushofer belonged to a family of artists and scholars.

On his graduation from the Munich Gymnasium ( high school ), Haushofer contemplated an academic career.

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.

In 1919 Haushofer became Privatdozent for political geography at Munich University and in 1933 professor.

Louis Pauwels, in his book " Monsieur Gurdjieff ", describes Haushofer as a former student of George Gurdjieff ; Others, including Pauwels, said that Haushofer created a Vril society ; and that he was a secret member of the Thule Society.

Both drank arsenic and the wife then hanged herself while Haushofer was obviously too weak to do so too.

Haushofer developed Geopolitik from widely varied sources, including the writings of Oswald Spengler, Alexander Humboldt, Karl Ritter, Friedrich Ratzel, Rudolf Kjellén, and Halford J. Mackinder.

By 1924, as the leader of the German geopolitik school of thought, Haushofer would establish the Zeitschrift für Geopolitik monthly devoted to geopolitik.

Haushofer exercised influence both through his academic teachings, urging his students to think in terms of continents and emphasizing motion in international politics, and through his political activities.