About Richard Oehler
Lived 1878 – 1948 (aged 70). Richard Oehler was a German editor, librarian and politician.
Richard Oehler (; 27 February 1878, Heckholzhausen, Hesse-Nassau – 13 November 1948, Wiesbaden) was a German Nietzsche scholar – an early editor of the philosopher's works, and author of Friedrich Nietzsche und die deutsche Zukunft (Leipzig: Armanen-Verlag, 1935), which has been characterized by Walter Kaufmann as "one of the first Nazi books on Nietzsche" (Basic Writings of Nietzsche, New York: The Modern Library, 2000, p. 387, n. 27). His brother was Max Oehler, who directed the Nietzsche Archive in Weimar, Germany. The Oehlers were family relations of the Nietzsches.
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Who was Richard Oehler?
German scholar (1878-1948)
When was Richard Oehler born?
Richard Oehler was born on 27 February 1878 in Heckholzhausen.
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Richard Oehler died on 13 November 1948 in Wiesbaden.
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Richard Oehler was an editor, librarian and politician.
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Richard Oehler was German.
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