1. Erich von Kahler was a mid-twentieth-century European-American literary scholar, essayist, and teacher known for works such as The Tower and the Abyss: An Inquiry into the Transformation of Man.
10 Facts About Erich Kahler
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Erich Kahler studied philosophy, literature, history, art history, sociology, and psychology at the University of Munich, the University of Berlin, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Freiburg before earning his doctorate at the University of Vienna in 1911.
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Erich Kahler became a US citizen in 1944, where he was known as Erich Kahler.
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Erich Kahler was a friend of Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Hermann Broch, who wrote Tod des Vergils at Kahler's home, One Evelyn Place in Princeton.
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Erich Kahler met and married his second wife, Alice Loewy, while in Princeton.
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Erich Kahler was an ardent Zionist, advocated world government, and was involved in antiwar and anti-nuclear activism.
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Erich Kahler died in 1970 at his home in Princeton, survived by his wife, Alice, and a stepdaughter, Hanna Loewy.
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Hanna Loewy Erich Kahler exchanged letters with theoretical physicist David Bohm, with whom she was for some time engaged to be married, after he left the USA for Brazil and these, as well as other letters in her possession, have contributed to an understanding of historic events surrounding the Solvay Conference of 1927 and Bohm's exile in Brazil.
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Erich Kahler became a psychiatric social worker, and is credited to have helped to preserve the papers of Albert Einstein.
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Erich Kahler was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution.