Hans von Hentig

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Hans von Hentig (9 June 1887, Berlin – 6 July 1974, Bad Tölz) was a German criminal psychologist and politician. He was the younger brother of German diplomat Werner Otto von Hentig. Hans von Hentig was instrumental in the setting up of a short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919. During the 1920s he was a prominent exponent of National Bolshevism. He emigrated to United States in 1935. Hans von Hentig worked on Yale University.

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