Reuter, Ernst

German politician (SPD, KPD, USPD, SPD)
political mentor of Willy Brandt in the early 1950s
- 1889 born
- 1912 Joined the SPD
- 1918 KPD
- 1922 again in the SPD
- 1926-1931 City councillor for Transportation in Berlin
- 1931-1933 Mayor of Magdeburg
- 1933 Release and manifold incarceration, i.a. in the Lichtenburg concentration camp
- 1934-1945 Exile in Great Britain and in Turkey
- 1947 City councillor for Transportation in Berlin and mayor of Berlin, not recognised by the Soviet occupation authorities
- 1948-1953 Mayor (beginning in 1951: Governing Mayor) of Berlin
- 1953 died
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SPD Politician in divided Berlin 1947-1956 | Dedicated European and German Patriot 1983-1992
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