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'''Fritz G. A. Kraemer''', refugee from Nazi Germany to USA, was father of [[Cercle]] attendee, [[Sven Kraemer]].
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==Background==
 
==Background==
He was born in Prussia. He was father of [[Cercle]] attendee, [[Sven Kraemer]].
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He was born in Prussia. He was awarded two Ph.D's.
  
 
==Early life==
 
==Early life==
 
He fled [[Nazi Germany]] and became a US citizen.
 
He fled [[Nazi Germany]] and became a US citizen.
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==Influence==
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[[Henry Kissinger]] says in a remembrance of Kraemer that he was "the greatest single influence of my formative years, and his inspiration remained with me even during the last thirty years when he would not speak to me. We met in 1944 in Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. We were both privates in the 84th Infantry Division. I served in G Company of the 335th Regiment, Kraemer in the G-2 section of division headquarters. We were both refugees from Germany, I by necessity, Kraemer by choice. He was thirty-six years of age; I nineteen. He had two Ph. D. degrees. I had two years of night college in accounting."<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/eulogies/100803.html</ref>
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
In the early 1980s he worked for the [[Institute on Strategic Trade]].
 
In the early 1980s he worked for the [[Institute on Strategic Trade]].
 
He was a sometime friend of [[Henry Kissinger]].
 
  
 
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Revision as of 06:44, 16 October 2015

Person.png Fritz Kraemer  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
BornJuly 3, 1908
Essen, Prussia
DiedSeptember 8, 2003 (Age 95)
ChildrenSven Kraemer
A refugee from Nazi Germany and "the greatest single influence" on Henry Kissinger.

Fritz G. A. Kraemer, refugee from Nazi Germany to USA, was father of Cercle attendee, Sven Kraemer.

Background

He was born in Prussia. He was awarded two Ph.D's.

Early life

He fled Nazi Germany and became a US citizen.

Influence

Henry Kissinger says in a remembrance of Kraemer that he was "the greatest single influence of my formative years, and his inspiration remained with me even during the last thirty years when he would not speak to me. We met in 1944 in Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. We were both privates in the 84th Infantry Division. I served in G Company of the 335th Regiment, Kraemer in the G-2 section of division headquarters. We were both refugees from Germany, I by necessity, Kraemer by choice. He was thirty-six years of age; I nineteen. He had two Ph. D. degrees. I had two years of night college in accounting."[1]

Career

In the early 1980s he worked for the Institute on Strategic Trade.


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