Karl-Marx-Stadt. 1953-90. = Chemnitz, (East). Germany.

Kautsky, Karl. 1854-1938. German Marxist leader.

Keitel, Wilhelm. 1882-1946. German marshal who signed capitulation 1945. Executed at Nuremberg.

Kepler, Johannes. 1571-1630. German astronomer, deduced elliptical planetary motions 1609. Explained tides 1598.

Kerensky Offensive. 1917. Failed attack on Germans in Galicia by Kerensky Provisional government.

Kesselring, Albert. 1887-1960. German Commander-in-Chief in Italy, 1943. Delayed Allied victory. WWII.

Kiel Mutiny. 1918. Navy mutiny causes German uprising. Weimar Republic.

Kircher, Athanasius. 1602-80. German scientist. Disease caused by microbes. Magic Lantern.

Kirchhoff, Gustav. 1824-87. German physicist: spectral analysis 1859. Cesium 1860. Bunsen. Electrical equations 1845.

Kirchner, Ernst. 1880-1938. German erotic Expressionist artist. Die Brücke movement. Street, Berlin 1907.

Kissinger, Henry. 1923-. German/US political scientist. US Secretary of State 1973-7. Shuttle Diplomacy.

Kleist, Heinrich von. 1777-1811. German dramatist. Schroffenstein 1803.

Klemperer, Otto. 1885-1973. German conductor of Stravinsky, Mahler, Beethoven.

Klinger, Friedrich. 1752-1831. German writer. Sturm und Drang 1776 inspires movement.

Klopstock. 1724-1803. German Movement poet. -“love of the Fatherland”. Odes.

Knights’ War. 1522-3. Failed German rebellion vs Reformation.

Koch, Robert. 1843-1910. German doctor. Identified bacilli for anthrax 1876, tuberculosis 1882, cholera 1883.

Koffka, Kurt. 1886-1941. German. Founder of Gestalt psychology. Köhler.

Kölliker, Rudolph. 1817-1905. German histologist. Discovered cellular structure of tissue. Spermatozoa 1841.

Königgrätz, Battle. 1866. Ended 7 Week War. Left Prussia dominant over Germany. = Sadowa.

Krebs, Hans. 1900-81. German/English biochemist. Citric acid cycle of human energy, 1937.

Krupp. 1587-1968. German family of arms manufacturers. Steel works 1812. Canon 1847. Used slave labour in WWII.

Lance. 1927 Abolished by British army. 1939 used by Polish cavalry vs German tanks.

Langhans, Carl. 1732-1808. German architect. Brandenburg Gate 1789.

Lassalle, Ferdinand. 1825-64. German Socialist. 1848 Revolutionary Movement.

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