Konrad Kellen
Konrad Kellen (actually Konrad Moritz Adolf Katzenellenbogen ; born December 14, 1913 in Berlin-Tiergarten ; † April 8, 2007 in Pacific Palisades ) was a German-American political scientist.
Born as the son of the industrialist Ludwig Katzenellenbogen , Kellen studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . After his emigration in 1933, he worked from 1941 to 1943 as Thomas Mann's private secretary. During the Second World War he took part in the war as an American officer in psychological warfare , after the war he was an occupation officer in Germany as part of the denazification process . He later returned to the United States and worked as a political scientist at the Rand Corporation .
Works
- Konrad Kellen: Katzenellenbogen. Memories of Germany. edition selene, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85266-202-8
- Konrad Kellen: My boss, the magician, Thomas Mann's secretary tells , Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2011, ISBN 3-498-03537-1
- Additional fonts from Rand Corp.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Weil: Konrad Kellen (1913–2007). In: The world . April 13, 2007, accessed July 10, 2008 .
- ^ Review by Anton Thuswaldner in the Frankfurter Rundschau, September 2, 2003 ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Short biography and reviews of works by Konrad Kellen at perlentaucher.de
- Viewpoint: Could one man have shortened the Vietnam War?
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kellen, Konrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Katzenellenbogen, Konrad (real name); Kellen, Konny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American political scientist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 2007 |
| Place of death | Pacific Palisades |