Kurt Schumacher Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Kurt Schumacher, based on 8 World History Database records associated with Germany.

8 records1924–19466 events3 places

Chronological biography

1924

Member of Parliament1924

Politics / SDP · Member of Parliament for Wurttemberg · Wurttemberg

Appointed Member of Wurtemburg Parliament

1930

Reichstag1930

Politics / SDP · Member of Reichstag

Appointed Member of Reichstag

1932

Speech1932

Politics / SDP · Member of Reichstag

"The entire Natinal Socialist agitation is a constant appeal to the swine in man"

1933

Arrest of Kurt Schumacher1933

Politics / SDP · Member of Reichstag · Dachau

Arrested & sent to Dachau

Enabling Act23 March 1933

Politics / Social Democratic Party of Germany · Deputy · Berlin

Votes with the Social Democratic deputies against the Enabling Act despite Nazi intimidation around the Reichstag session.

1943

Arrest of Kurt Schumacher1943

Politics / SDP · Member of Reichstag

Released from Dachau

1944

Arrest of Kurt Schumacher1944

Politics / SDP · Member of Reichstag

Arrested after the July plot to kill Hitler

1946

Party Leader1946

Politics / SDP · Party Leader of SDP

Appointed Party Leader of the Social Democratic Party

Titles and roles

Deputy · Member of Parliament for Wurttemberg · Member of Reichstag · Party Leader of SDP

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.