Hohenemser, Kurt

Kurt Hohenemser
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Name	Hohenemser, Kurt Gender: M
Birthname	Kurt Heinrich Hohenemser
born on	3 January 1906 at 13:30 (= 1:30 PM )
Place	Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany, 52n2911, 13e1934
Timezone	CET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	12°15' 22°04 Asc. 05°19'

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Biography

German-born American aerospace engineer and pioneer in the field of helicopter design. Kurt Hohenemser was the son of German Jewish musicologist Richard Hohenemser and his English wife Alice Salt.

Hohenemser attended university at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt from 1924 to 1929, receiving his engineering diploma in 1927 and his PhD in engineering in 1929. From 1930 until 1933, Hohenemser taught and conducted research at the University of Göttingen under Ludwig Prandtl, one of the most famous aerodynamics physicists during the 20th century. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Hohenemser was dismissed from his position at the university.

After his dismissal, Hohenemser worked briefly for aircraft manufacturer Gerhard Fieseler before going to work as a consultant for Anton Flettner's Flettner Flugzeubau GmbH, whose company specialized in the development and manufacture of helicopters. Hohenemser was an extraordinary engineer who developed the detailed designs required for the success of Flettner's helicopters. Hohenemser stayed with Flettner's company through the end of World War II. Though considered Jewish by the Nazis because of his Jewish father, Hohenemser's role in Flettner's company provided protection for him and his family during the war.

Kurt Hohenemser emigrated from Germany to the United States with his family in 1947. Hohenemser and Anton Flettner were among the first German emigrants into the United States after World War II. Kurt Heinrich Hohenemser died on 7 April 2001 in St. Louis, Missouri at age 95.

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Relationships

• associate relationship with Prager, William (born 23 May 1903). Notes: Colleagues

• business associate/partner relationship with Flettner, Anton (born 1 November 1885)

• (has as) mentor relationship with Prandtl, Ludwig (born 4 February 1875)

Events

• Work : Great Achievement 1929 (PhD in engineering)

• Death, Cause unspecified 7 April 2001 (Age 95)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Berlin archives. (margin note: "Konrad Heinrich Hohenemser" changed to "Kurt Heinrich Hohenemser" in 1914).

Categories

• Traits : Mind : Education extensive (PhD in engineering)

• Family : Childhood : Family noted

• Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Germany to USA)

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 95)

• Vocation : Business : Consultant

• Vocation : Education : Researcher

• Vocation : Education : Teacher

• Vocation : Engineer : Aerospace (Helicopters, wind turbines)