Horkheimer’s junior-manager position exempted him from a war he opposed

Evidence

When the First World War broke out, Horkheimer had just become junior manager in his father’s business. This saved him for the time being from having to take part in the war, which he had rejected on principle from the start. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 165

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer was exempted from combat and watched Germany’s collapse from a sanatorium — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 172; Horkheimer experienced wartime collapse from the sidelines, not combat

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer was exempted from combat and watched Germany’s collapse from a sanatorium #expands (0.90) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 172