Karl Germer

Infobox Person
name = Karl Germer


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birth_date = birth date|1881|1|22
birth_place = Elberfeld, Germany
death_date = death date and age|1962|10|25|1881|1|22
death_place = West Point, California
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known_for = Outer Head of the Order of the Ordo Templi Orientis, 1947 - 1962
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nationality = German

Karl Germer (22 January, 1885 - 25 October. 1962) was the Outer Head of the Order (OHO) of Ordo Templi Orientis from 1947 until his death in 1962. He was born in Elberfeld, Germany and died in West Point, California.

Crowley’s representative in Germany, who came over to America after being released from Nazi confinement (he was jailed for being an associate of the "High Grade Freemason Aleister Crowley" [cite book |last= Starr |first= Bro. Martin P. |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= Gilbert, Robert A. |others= |title= ARS QUATUOR CORONATORUM. Transactions of Quatuor Coronati Lodge N. 2076 |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= 2008-03-12 |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= vol. 108 |series= |date= |year= 1995 |month= |publisher= Butler & Tanner Ltd. |location= Frome and London |isbn= 0907655327 |pages= 150 - 161 |chapter= Aleister Crowley: freemason! |chapterurl= http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/aqc/crowley.html |quote= ] ). In 1942, Crowley appointed him as his successor as OHO,cn|date=March 2008 the office he filled after the death of Crowley in 1947.

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