Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950
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Hayek's Divorce
Hayek grew up in an anti-Semitic environment. His father was the head of a medical association that had an Aryan paragraph, which meant that they disallowed Jewish members. Lots of people would convert to some Protestant denomination in order to find employment if you were Jewish. He started the Geist Christ with his close friend Herbert Firth, who was Lutheran but whose descent was Jewish. Hayek's divorce is a sad story. It's a tragic story, but that is certainly treated in some depth.
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