Description: (German Professor, General, Geographer, and Politician)
Karl Ernst Haushofer was a German general, professor, geographer, and diplomat known for his concept of Geopolitik, which influenced Adolf Hitler. He mentored Hitler and Rudolf Hess during their imprisonment after the Beer Hall Putsch and coined the term Lebensraum. Despite his influence on Nazi ideology, Haushofer faced prosecution for complicity in Nazi war crimes and died in a suicide pact with his wife.