biography
| name: |
Gerstenmaier, Eugen
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pronunciation:
[gairstenmiyer]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1906–86)
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| biography:
| German politician and Protestant theologian, born in Kirchheim unter Teck, SW Germany. He joined the Christlich-Demokratische Union (CDU) and was a member of the Bekennende Kirche and the Kreisauer Kreis opposed to Hitler. After the failed attempt on Hitler's life in 1944 he was sentenced to seven years in prison. He became founder and head of the Evangelisches Hilfswerk (1945–51) and president of the Bundestag (1954–69). |
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