About Hans von Hentig
Lived 1887 – 1974 (aged 87). Hans von Hentig was a German psychologist, jurist, criminologist, revolutionary and university teacher.
Hans von Hentig (9 June 1887, in Berlin – 6 July 1974, in Bad Tölz) was a German criminal psychologist and politician. He was the second son of lawyer Otto von Hentig (1852–1934). His older brother was later diplomat Werner Otto von Hentig. Otto von Hentig was one of the leading lawyers in Berlin. Hans von Hentig was instrumental in the setting up of a short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919. During the 1920s, he was a prominent exponent of National Bolshevism. He emigrated to United States in 1935. Hans von Hentig worked for some time at Yale and other universities.
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German jurist (1887–1974)
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Hans von Hentig was born on 9 June 1887 in Berlin.
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Hans von Hentig died on 6 July 1974 in Bad Tölz.
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Hans von Hentig was a psychologist, jurist, criminologist, revolutionary and university teacher.
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Hans von Hentig was German.
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