His strike busting activities were described in Arbeiter-Zeitung, by declaring that the director evicted workers “with a lot of policemen, and the latter began the expulsion.

Karl opposed government protection of consumers but sought government protection of entrepreneurs from foreign competition. Once established as a leader in industry, Karl pursued greater power through vertical integration and control, establishment of cartels, and gaining influence with financial institutions. He emerged from his war dealings as the leader of the iron and steel industry with one of the greatest fortunes in Austria. Brammann and John Moran, which can be found here). His father, Karl Wittgenstein, was a wealthy industrialist who amassed much of his wealth through aggressive business dealings during the war between Russia and Turkey in 1878 (my info here is largely based on an essay by Jorn K. Bertrand Russell once wrote that Ludwig could be “destitute of the false politeness that interferes with truth.” Throughout his life, Ludwig could be brash, even to his friends, so it is easy to imagine how he may have treated those he saw as his inferiors. If they met, it is doubtful Ludwig would have shown any sort of camaraderie to the young Adolf, and Adolf probably would have resented Ludwig on reflection even if he did not during their time at school together. Either way, it is likely Ludwig would not have thought much of his less accomplished contemporary at the school. Others point out that Hitler probably wouldn’t have known Ludwig was Jewish at the time. Some believe Ludwig is the Jewish boy who first provoked Hitler’s anti-Semitic rage as described in Hitler’s Mein Kampf. By coincidence, Ludwig and Adolf Hitler attended the same grammar school although they were about the same age, they were two years apart as Ludwig was advanced a year and Adolf was held back a year in school.

Three of his brothers: Hans, Kurt, and Rudolf committed suicide.īrother: Rudolf Wittgenstein ('Rudi', gay, d.Ludwig was reared in a Roman Catholic home and did not have a strong Jewish identity as a young man despite having three Jewish grandparents. Interestingly, Adolf Hitler was there at the same time from 1904-05.Īlthough was born into an exceedingly wealthy family, Ludwig gave away his inheritance to his remaining siblings after his father's death. However, he left the Catholic faith in his teens while attending the Linz Realschule. Some people claim Wittgenstein was Catholic (he was baptized and given a Catholic burial after all). Military service: Austrian Army (WWI, captured in Italy) Remains: Buried, Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, England

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