Rudolf Paul
Politician
1893 – 1978
Who was Rudolf Paul?
Dr. Rudolf Paul was a German politician. He studied law in Berlin and Leipzig and practiced as a lawyer in Gera. He was a member of the German Democratic Party until its dissolution in 1933. Under the Nazi Regime, he was banned from his profession. Paul was appointed as mayor of Gera on May 7, 1945 by the American city commander. After the American retreat from Thuringia, the Soviet military administration appointed him as first Minister-President of the state on July 16, 1945. He became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in 1946. On September 1, 1947, he fled into the American occupation zone.
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- Born
- Jul 30, 1893
Gera - Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Gera
- Died
- Feb 28, 1978
Frankfurt
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on July 23, 2013
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