- Source: Gustav Dahrendorf
Gustav Dietrich Dahrendorf (8 January 1901, Hamburg – 30 October 1954) was a German SPD politician.
Biography
Dahrendorf was born in Hamburg, he served as member of the German Parliament from November 1932 to 22 June 1933. He was also several times a member of the Hamburg Parliament. He was the father of Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf and Frank Dahrendorf.
In 1944, Dahrendorf was tried for treason at the Volksgerichtshof for his involvement in the 20 July plot, alongside Julius Leber, Adolf Reichwein and Hermann Maaß. Leber, Reichwein, and Maaß were executed. However, Dahrendorf was spared execution, instead receiving a 7-year sentence. He was liberated from Brandenburg-Görden Prison by the Red Army in April 1945.
Dahrendorf died in Braunlage.
References
External links
Newspaper clippings about Gustav Dahrendorf in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ralf Dahrendorf
- Penyatuan Jerman
- Ralf Dahrendorf
- Gustav Dahrendorf
- Dahrendorf
- Julius Leber
- List of members of the 20 July plot
- Adolf Reichwein
- SPD Hamburg
- Hermann Maaß
- List of Social Democratic Party of Germany members
- February 1901
