About Alfred Dregger
Lived 1920 – 2002 (aged 81–82). Alfred Dregger was a German politician.
Alfred Dregger (10 December 1920 – 29 June 2002) was a German politician and a leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a former Member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
Dregger was born in Münster. After graduating from a school in Werl, he entered the German Wehrmacht in 1939. He was wounded four times
Dregger served from 1956 to 1970 as Oberbürgermeister or mayor of Fulda; when first elected, he was the youngest mayor in West Germany.
In the 1970s he was an outspoken proponent of outlawing the German Communist Party. He called for Germany to "come out of Hitler's shadow".
He resisted criticism of the Wehrmacht, strongly opposing a travelling exhibition called Die Verbrechen der Wehrmacht 1941 - 1944 (The Crimes of the Wehrmacht, 1941–1944) He saw himself as a defender of Germany and the last representative of the war generation in the Bundestag.
Family Alfred Dregger was married and had two sons; his elder son was killed in an accident in 1972.
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Who was Alfred Dregger?
German politician (1920–2002)
When was Alfred Dregger born?
Alfred Dregger was born on 10 December 1920 in Münster.
When did Alfred Dregger die?
Alfred Dregger died in 2002 in Fulda.
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Alfred Dregger was a politician.
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Alfred Dregger was German.
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