Cases / The American Landing / Karl August Wittfogel
The American Landing · dossier
Filed as person, standing in three authored connections inside The American Landing.
Frankfurt founding-circle dossier
Full-time researcher from 1925. Documented USPD, VKPD, and KPD memberships are recorded separately. His Stalinist commitments led to an open 1938 rupture with Horkheimer's circle; he later became anti-communist.
Geography
Frankfurt, England, and New York. Locations are recorded only at the precision supported by the sources.
Evidence and locators
Wiggershaus passages _00147, _00214; IfS Wittfogel feature citing Hoover Institution, Wittfogel Papers, Box 37, Folder 8.
Assessment boundary
Formal membership, employment, funding, collaboration, political affiliation, and intellectual influence remain separate relations. Open the full evidence memo
Why this person matters
Full-time Institute research associate from 1925 who joined the New York group in 1934.
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Frankfurt Institute to Columbia
Verification boundary
Membership, employment, collaboration, and influence are recorded as different relationship types. Shared membership is preserved as evidence but is not treated as proof of agreement or influence by itself.
Verified relationship
memberOfInstitute: Institute for Social Research
The archive holds three authored connections for this record inside The American Landing. Each row below states the claim, its tier, its confidence, and the dates the record gives. Open a row for the full account, or open it on the case canvas to see the connection drawn.
REL-000564Member of KPD Early 1920s Account not writtenKarl August Wittfogel member of KPD Communist Party of Germany.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Communist Party of Germany →
REL-000565Member of USPD After the First World War Account not writtenKarl August Wittfogel member of USPD Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany →
REL-000566Research associate at From 1925 Account not writtenKarl August Wittfogel research associate at Institute for Social Research.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Institute for Social Research →