John H. Kautsky

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John H. Kautsky
Personal details
Born	1922
Died	2013
Nativity	Austria
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	36655998
Rank	Technician Fifth Grade
Camp Ritchie	Class 16 (6 February – 5 April 1944)
Section	5C

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John H. Kautsky (1922–2013) was a Ritchie Boy (from Austria) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16.

Biography

"John Kautsky, born 1922 in Vienna, was the grandson of social democratic theorist Karl Kautsky and the nephew of economist and sociologist Benedikt Kautsky. After his escape from Austria," he started corresponding with 12 of his fellow classmates from the "Franz-Josef-Realgymnasiums" in Vienna (Stubenbastei). "In a total of 675 letters, they described their experiences of escape, their living conditions in exile - and in a few cases their return as a liberator as soldiers of the Allied Armies.

More from the Archive for the History of Sociology in Austria on Austrian Ritchie Boy John H. Kautsky (see earlier post of Jan 31). "After serving in the U.S. Army, John Kautsky attended Chicago and Harvard universities and became a professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Kautsky died on 13th. October 2013 at the age of 91 years. In 1994 he handed the letters to the archive for the history of sociology. They were the basis of exhibitions and research projects; the archive is currently planning to digitize the stock in cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C."

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	91
Class_ASN	36635998
Class_Name	KAUTSKY, John H.
match_method	asn_near_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• 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)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-01-31 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-02-02 (1 post)