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Kurt Schumacher

1895 - 1952

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Curt Ernst Carl Schumacher, better known as Kurt Schumacher (13 October 1895 – 20 August 1952), was a German politician and resistance fighter against the Nazis. He was chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1946 and the first Leader of the Opposition in the West German Bundestag in 1949; he served in both positions until his death. Upon Adolf Hitler's seizure of power, he was imprisoned for ten years in various Nazi concentration camps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Schumacher has received more than 286,505 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Kurt Schumacher is the 5,737th most popular politician (up from 5,989th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Poland (up from 336th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kurt Schumacher ranks 5,737 out of 19,576. Before him are Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Infante Carlos of Spain, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Tetsu Katayama, Sima Lun, and Tiglath-Pileser II. After him are Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Sancha of León, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Feng Yuxiang, Li Jue, and Ramiro III of León.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Kurt Schumacher ranks 81. Before him are Jack Dempsey, Walter Dornberger, Lin Yutang, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Paul Muni, and Shote Galica. After him are Henry de Montherlant, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Dino Grandi, Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, Princess Margaret of Denmark, and Jakov Gotovac. Among people deceased in 1952, Kurt Schumacher ranks 37. Before him are Rudolf Slánský, Charles Lightoller, John Langenus, Bedřich Hrozný, Clark L. Hull, and René Grousset. After him are Hans Kramers, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Alfred Einstein, Pedro Lascuráin, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, and Carlo Sforza.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurt Schumacher ranks 330 out of 1,694. Before him are Jerzy Stuhr (1947), Mieszko III the Old (1126), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Walther Nehring (1892), Kurt Tank (1898), and Ewald Georg von Kleist (1700). After him are Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), Tommy Wiseau (1955), Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834), Barbara Brylska (1941), and Casimir Pulaski (1745).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Kurt Schumacher ranks 88. Before him are Jan Zamoyski (1542), Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765), Bolesław V the Chaste (1226), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Lestek (870), and Mieszko III the Old (1126). After him are Roman Dmowski (1864), Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1942), Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1286), Muazzez Sultan (1628), Werner Naumann (1909), and Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457).

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