Died 1976-07-07.
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Gustav Heinemann
Gustav Walter Heinemann was a German politician who was President of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He served as mayor of Essen from 1946 to 1949, West German Minister of the Interior from 1949 to 1950, and Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1969.
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politics · President of West Germany from 1969 to 1974 · politician · lawyer · theologian · also Gustav Heinemann, Gustav W. Heinemann, Heinemann
Born 23 July 1899 · Died 7 July 1976 · Q2573
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1976· 1 entry
1974· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Berlin (1974).
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1972).
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1970· 4 entries
Awarded Fritz Bauer Prize (1970).
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Awarded Knight of the Seraphim (1970).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1970).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1970).
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969).
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Career landmark: president of Germany (1969–1974).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded Theodor Heuss Award (1968).
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1966· 1 entry
Career landmark: Federal Minister of Justice (1966–1969).
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1965· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1965–1969).
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1961· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1961–1965).
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1957· 2 entries
And joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), whose aims were relatively close to his own
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1957–1961).
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1952· 1 entry
Founded his own political party, the All-German People's Party (Gesamtdeutsche Volkspartei)
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1949· 4 entries
Wanted a representative of the Protestants in the CDU in his government
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Was also one of the founding editors of Die Stimme der Gemeinde ("The Voice of the Congregation"), a magazine which was published by the Bruderrat (Brethren's Council) of the Confessing Church
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Career landmark: Praeses of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (1949–1955).
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Career landmark: Federal Minister of the Interior (1949–1950).
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1946· 2 entries
Career landmark: lord mayor (1946–1949).
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Was elected to that office, which he kept until 1949
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1939· 1 entry
But he continued as an elder in his parish, in whose capacity he gave legal advice to persecuted fellow Christians and helped Jews who had gone into hiding by providing them with food
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1936· 2 entries
From 1936 to 1950, Heinemann was head of the YMCA in Essen.
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But the invitation was withdrawn due to Heinemann's refusal to end his work for the anti-Nazi Confessing Church
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1933· 1 entry
By the new church authorities who co-operated with the Nazis
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1930· 1 entry
Heinemann joined the Christlich-Sozialer Volksdienst ("Christian Social People's Service"), but he voted for the Social Democratic Party in 1933 to try to prevent a victory of the NSDAP
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1929· 1 entry
Published a book about legal questions in the medical profession
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1926· 1 entry
Heinemann married Hilda Ordemann (1896–1979), who had been a student of Rudolf Bultmann, the famous Protestant theologian
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1920· 1 entry
And had to leave the room after interrupting Hitler's diatribe against the Jews
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1917· 1 entry
Heinemann briefly became a soldier in the World War I, but his severe illness stopped him from being sent to the front
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-07-23.
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