Kurt Riezler | |
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| Born | Kurt Riezler 11 February 1882 |
| Died | 6 September 1955 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | German Empire, Weimar Republic, United States of America |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, Politician, Diplomat, Journalist |
Kurt Riezler (February 11, 1882 – September 5, 1955) was a German philosopher and diplomat. A top-level cabinet adviser in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic, he negotiated Germany's underwriting of Russia's October Revolution and authored the 1914 September Program which outlined German war aims during World War I. The posthumous publication of his secret notes and diaries played a role in the "Fischer Controversy" among German historians in the early 1960s.