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Horn, Wolfgang Otto Paul Gustav Adolf

Date of birth:
March 20th, 1919 (Oppeln/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
July 3rd, 2004 (Hayesville/North Carolina, United States)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
?: Soldat (Kanonier);
?: Obersoldat (Oberkanonier);
?: Gefreiter;
?: Obergefreiter;
?: Unteroffiziere;
?: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (Offiziersanwärter OA).

Wolfgang Horn, an emeritus professor of psychology, died July 3 at his home in Hayesville, N.C. at age 85. Born in Germany, he served the German Army in World War II and was detained in America as a prisoner of war. After the war he earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Marburg in Germany. He worked for the Department of Justice in Germany, then came to the U.S. in 1968, where he taught at UWSP for 15 years, becoming an expert in creating tests to measure intelligence and personality. His writings and photographs of German attacks on the Soviet Union during World War II were used in the TimeLife Third Reich Series and interviews with him have been shown on the History Channel. He spent his retirement in Clay County, N.C., teaching art classes at a community college. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Frieda, and six children.

The information has been taken down during a personal intervieuw in 1986. Unfortunately the findings have not yet been verified by documents.

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Sources

  • - Personal interview in 1986
    - Obituary University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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