biography
pronunciation:
[layber]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1891–1945)
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| biography:
| German politician, born in Lübeck, N Germany. A social economist, he joined the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) in 1913, became editor-in-chief of the Lübecker Volksbote (1921–33), member of the Reichsrat (1924–33), and was interned (1933–7). He became involved with the Kreisauer Kreis and was foreseen in the Goerdeler cabinet as minister of the interior. He was sentenced to death in 1944 and hanged in Berlin the following year. |
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