Carl Schmitt: Quick Facts

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Born	July 11, 1888 • Germany
Died	April 7, 1985 (aged 96) • Germany
Political Affiliation	Nazi Party
Notable Works	“The Concept of the Political” • “Constitutional Theory” • “Crisis of Parliamentarism” • “Political Theology” • “Roman Catholicism and Political Form”
Role In	Nazism

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Adolf Hitler

dictator of Germany

Alfred Rosenberg

Alfred Rosenberg

German Nazi leader

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Heinrich Heine

German author

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Karl Haushofer

German officer and political geographer

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German author

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Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar

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Johann Gerhard

German theologian

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German author

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Karl Krumbacher

German scholar

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German psychologist

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Wolfgang Borchert

German writer

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Ernst Röhm

German army officer

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Gottfried Feder

German economist

Julius Streicher in a formal portrait, wearing a Nazi uniform with a swastika armband, looking to the side.

Julius Streicher

German politician

Frank, Hans

Hans Frank

German politician and jurist

Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian-German poet

Edward R. Murrow (left) and William L. Shirer.

William L. Shirer

American author

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Swiss author

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Friedrich Naumann

German social and political theorist

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Heinrich Harrer

explorer and writer