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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 265,728 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kurt Schumacher is the 6,004th most popular politician (up from 6,547th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Poland (up from 386th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kurt Schumacher ranks 6,004 out of 15,577Before him are Josef Bühler, Khaled Mashal, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Arnold of Torroja, Motilal Nehru, and Andrew Báthory. After him are Arnuwanda I, Yan Xishan, Antipope Eulalius, Emperor Daigo, Emperor Shijō, and Magnus II of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Kurt Schumacher ranks 91Before him are Dickinson W. Richards, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Sheng Shicai, Matthew Ridgway, Alexander Orlov, and Lewis Mumford. After him are Max Koegel, Marcel Janco, Prescott Bush, Heinrich Eberbach, Hanns Albin Rauter, and Michel Simon. Among people deceased in 1952, Kurt Schumacher ranks 43Before him are Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, John Langenus, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Otto Dietrich, Pedro Lascuráin, and Jigme Wangchuck. After him are William Fox, Michael Rostovtzeff, Efim Bogoljubov, Luigi Fagioli, Hans Kramers, and Princess Hilda of Nassau.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurt Schumacher ranks 336 out of 1,454Before him are Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776), Helmuth von Pannwitz (1898), Mieszko III the Old (1126), Leopold Infeld (1898), and Emin Pasha (1840). After him are Walther Nehring (1892), Alfred Flatow (1869), Ludwig Gumplowicz (1838), Krystian Zimerman (1956), Anna Leszczyńska (1699), and Grażyna Bacewicz (1909).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Kurt Schumacher ranks 88Before him are Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1942), Bolesław V the Chaste (1226), Stefan Czarniecki (1599), Yisrael Kristal (1903), Jan Zamoyski (1542), and Mieszko III the Old (1126). After him are Anna Leszczyńska (1699), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Arthur Greiser (1897), Roman Dmowski (1864), Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz (1860), and Wilhelm Kube (1887).