Reuter, Ernst

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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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