Schumacher, Kurt

German politician (SPD)
First SPD chairman after 1945

• 1895 born
• 1930-1933 Member of the Reichstag
• 1933-1945 Incarceration in various prisons and concentration camps
• 1945 political representative of the SPD in the Western Zones
• 1946-1952 SPD chairman
• 1949-1952 Member of the Bundestag and chairman of the SPD Bundestag fraction
• 1952 died

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Biography
Democratic Socialist and Journalist in Sweden 1940-1946 1946: 26 Feb, May	SPD Politician in divided Berlin 1947-1956 1947: July, 23 Dec 1948: Jan 1950: 21-25 May 1951: March, 18 April, 19 Dec 1952: 24-28 Sept
Governing Mayor and Candidate for Chancellor 1957-1966 1964: 23-27 Nov

Politics Policies in and for Berlin 1947–1966 Concepts and policies for Europe 1939–1992	Sources/Videos Willy Brandt remembers the rivalry between Adenauer and Schumacher in 1949
Travels 1945-1956