biography
pronunciation:
[olenhower]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1901–63)
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| biography:
| German politician, born in Magdeburg, EC Germany. He became chairman of the Socialist Youth Party (1928), member of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) Vorstand, and was exiled in Prague, Paris, and London (1933–46). Returning to West Germany in 1946 he became a member of the Bundestag (1949) and opposition leader (1952) after the death of Kurt Schumacher. He was also deputy chairman (1951–63) and chairman (1963) of the SPD. |
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