He was born in Vienna to Max Salzer (a doctor) and Helene Wittgenstein (a daughter of Karl Wittgenstein).
The grandfather of Karl Wittgenstein was an estate manager named Moses Meyer, who came from Laasphe in the former Wittgenstein kreis (county).
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At first, Wittgenstein's business became the biggest and most successful enterprise in the city of Korbach, but also shortly thereafter began to decline.
The author narrates moments of his friendship with Paul Wittgenstein, "nephew" (actually son of a first cousin) of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (not to be confused with the latter's brother, the pianist Paul Wittgenstein).
Karl Marx | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Karl Pilkington | Karl Lagerfeld | Karl G. Heider | Karl Rove | Karl Pearson | Karl May | Karl Liebknecht | Karl Friedrich Schinkel | Karl Dönitz | Karl Jenkins | Wittgenstein | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | Karl Stefanovic | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | Karl Bodmer | Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel | Karl Malone | Karl Wolf | Karl Valentin | Karl Popper | Karl Malden | Karl Kesel | Karl Barth | Karl Richard Lepsius | Karl Philipp von Wrede | Karl Kautsky | Karl Johans gate |