Walter A. Kaufmann

Walter A. Kaufmann
Personal details
Born	1 July 1921 Freiburg, Baden, Weimar Germany
Died	4 September 1980 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	31470014
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 25 (30 November 1944 – 29 January 1945)
Section	5C
Enlisted	Ft Devens, Massachusetts
Team	MII 529-G

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Team — MII 529-G

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Walter Arnold Kaufmann (Template:IPA; July 1, 1921 – September 4, 1980) was a German-American philosopher, translator, and poet. A prolific author, he wrote extensively on a broad range of subjects, such as authenticity and death, moral philosophy and existentialism, theism and atheism, Christianity and Judaism, as well as philosophy and literature. He served more than 30 years as a professor at Princeton University.

Biography

He served more than 30 years as a professor at Princeton University.

Walter Arnold Kaufmann (Template:IPA; July 1, 1921 – September 4, 1980) was a German-American philosopher, translator, and poet. He also wrote a 1965 book on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and published a translation of Goethe's Faust, and Martin Buber's I and Thou. A prolific author, he wrote extensively on a broad range of subjects, such as authenticity and death, moral philosophy and existentialism, theism and atheism, Christianity and Judaism, as well as philosophy and literature.

He is renowned as a scholar and translator of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Research notes

• ASTP
• 529-G

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	59
Nara ASN	31470014
Nara Name	KAUFMANN WALTER A
Nara State	13
Nara County	3
Nara POE	1328
Nara DOE	120644
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	NO
Nara Branch Code	2
Branch	No branch assignment
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N1
Nara Year of Birth	21
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	4
Nara Civilian Occupation	105
Nara Marital Status	2
Nara Height (inches)	0
Nara Weight (lbs)	666
Class_ASN	31470014
Class_Name	KAUFMANN, Walter A.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Wikipedia: Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)
• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)