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Walter A. Kaufmann

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Walter A. Kaufmann
Walter A. Kaufmann
Personal details
Born1 July 1921
Died4 September 1980
Princeton, New Jersey
NativityGermany
ReligionJewish
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN31470014
RankPrivate
Camp RitchieClass 25 (30 November 1944 – 29 January 1945)
Section5C
EnlistedFt Devens, Massachusetts
TeamMII 529-G
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Walter Arnold Kaufmann (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[edit | edit source]

Walter Arnold Kaufmann (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.

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

Walter Kaufmann was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, on 1 July 1921. Kaufmann subsequently discovered that his grandparents were all Jewish. His studies were, however, interrupted by the war. Richard Schacht, Ivan Soll and Alexander Nehamas.


Research notes[edit | edit source]

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Technical record[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  • Wikipedia: Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)
  • Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
  • Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
  • NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
  • 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)