Kurt Schumacher

German politician (1895-1952)

• Born: 1895-10-13 (Chełmno)
• Died: 1952-08-20 (Bonn)
• Country of citizenship: Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; West Germany
• Occupation: legal counsel; politician; resistance fighter
• Member of political party: Social Democratic Party of Germany
• Participant in: 1949 West German presidential election
• Position held: chairman of the Social Democratic Party (period: 1946-05-11 through 1952-08-20; replaced by: Erich Ollenhauer); member of the German Bundestag (elected in: 1949 West German federal election; electoral district: constituency for the Bundestag election Stadt Hannover II; end cause: death in office; parliamentary term: 1st German Bundestag; period: 1949-09-07 through 1952-08-20; replaced by: Ernst Winter); member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
• Educated at: Leipzig University; University of Halle-Wittenberg
• Place of detention: Dachau concentration camp; Flossenbürg concentration camp; Neuengamme concentration camp
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/57407627
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000083853922
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85037806
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85037806