Heinrich Blücher
E161889
Heinrich Blücher was a German-born political thinker and educator, known for his anti-fascist activism and for his intellectual partnership with philosopher Hannah Arendt.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heinrich Blücher canonical | 2 |
| Heinrich Friedrich Ernst Blücher | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1361759 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Blücher Context triple: [Hannah Arendt, spouse, Heinrich Blücher]
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A.
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher was a Prussian field marshal renowned for his aggressive leadership and decisive role alongside Wellington in defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
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B.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder was a 19th-century Prussian field marshal and military strategist best known for reorganizing the Prussian army and leading it to victory in the wars of German unification.
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C.
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg was an Austrian field marshal best known for leading the coalition forces against Napoleon, including commanding the Allied army at the decisive Battle of Leipzig.
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D.
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Louis-Nicolas Davout was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his strict discipline, tactical brilliance, and decisive victories against larger enemy forces.
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E.
Nicolas Soult
Nicolas Soult was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, renowned for his strategic skill and key role in many of Napoleon’s major campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Blücher Target entity description: Heinrich Blücher was a German-born political thinker and educator, known for his anti-fascist activism and for his intellectual partnership with philosopher Hannah Arendt.
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A.
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher was a Prussian field marshal renowned for his aggressive leadership and decisive role alongside Wellington in defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
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B.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder was a 19th-century Prussian field marshal and military strategist best known for reorganizing the Prussian army and leading it to victory in the wars of German unification.
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C.
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg was an Austrian field marshal best known for leading the coalition forces against Napoleon, including commanding the Allied army at the decisive Battle of Leipzig.
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D.
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Louis-Nicolas Davout was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his strict discipline, tactical brilliance, and decisive victories against larger enemy forces.
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E.
Nicolas Soult
Nicolas Soult was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, renowned for his strategic skill and key role in many of Napoleon’s major campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-fascist
ⓘ
educator ⓘ human ⓘ political thinker ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
German-Jewish intellectual émigré community
ⓘ
Hannah Arendt ⓘ |
| birthName |
Heinrich Blücher
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Heinrich Friedrich Ernst Blücher
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970-10-30 ⓘ |
| employer |
Bard College
ⓘ
Brooklyn College ⓘ New School for Social Research ⓘ
surface form:
The New School for Social Research
|
| ethnicGroup | Germans ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
philosophy of politics
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ |
| fledFrom | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| influenced | Hannah Arendt ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German leftist thought
ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ anti-Stalinist Marxist critics ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Communist Party of Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
German Communist Party
Left Opposition ⓘ
surface form:
KPD opposition (anti-Stalinist)
|
| movement | anti-fascism ⓘ |
| name | Heinrich Blücher self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-fascist activism
ⓘ
intellectual partnership with Hannah Arendt ⓘ |
| notableStudent | students at Bard College ⓘ |
| occupation |
lecturer
ⓘ
political activist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| participatedIn | German anti-Nazi resistance ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-Stalinist left
ⓘ
socialist ⓘ |
| religion | agnosticism ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| spouse | Hannah Arendt ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
intellectual history
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heinrich Blücher Description of subject: Heinrich Blücher was a German-born political thinker and educator, known for his anti-fascist activism and for his intellectual partnership with philosopher Hannah Arendt.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Heinrich Friedrich Ernst Blücher