Karl Wittgenstein , the son of a wool merchant, was born on April 8, 1847, in Gohlis, near Leipzig. In 1851 his parents emigrated to Vienna, where he grew into manhood. (His mother came from the old Viennese family of Figdor, the family to which Johanne faculty.frostburg.edu/phil/forum/KarlWittgenstein.htm
The Cambridge Wittgenstein Archive stores photographs, family memorabilia, records, letters and publishes the manuscripts of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk/
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