biography
pronunciation:
[gesler]
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| lived:
| (1875–1955)
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| biography:
| German politician and lawyer, born in Lindenberg i. Allgäu, S Germany. In 1918 he co-founded the Deutsche Demokratische Partei in Nurenberg, and as Reichswehrminister (1920–8) he also co-founded the Reichswehr. Imprisoned in KZ Ravensbrück between 1944–5, he later became president of the German Red Cross (1950–2). |
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