Leber, Julius

German politician (SPD) and journalist; Willy Brandt’s sponsor in Lübeck
Before 1933 Lübeck’s most significant social democrat

• 1891 born
• 1921–1933 Editor or editor-in-chief of the Lübecker Volksbote and representative in Lübeck’s city assembly
• 1924–1933 Member of the Reichstag
• 1933–1937 Incarcerated i.a. in concentration camps
• 1937–1944 active resistance to the NS-Regime
• 1944 Arrest shortly before the failed assassination attempt on Hitler of 20 July
• 1945 executed

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Biography
Working-class youngster in Lübeck 1913-1932 1927: 22 Feb 1930: June 1931: Oct	Resistance fighter in Norwegian exile 1933-1939 1933: 19 Feb
Democratic Socialist and Journalist in Sweden 1940-1946 1943: Dec 1944: 24 June 1946: Sept	Governing Mayor and Candidate for Chancellor 1947: Feb

Sources/Videos Willy Brandt remembers Julius Leber