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Hermann Pünder

1888 – 1976

German politician

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About Hermann Pünder

Lived 1888 – 1976 (aged 88). Hermann Pünder was a German politician.

Hermann Josef Pünder (1 April 1888 in Trier – 3 October 1976 in Fulda ) was a German politician in the German Centre Party and the Christian Democratic Union. His older brother was the lawyer Werner Pünder.

Life After attending school in St. Michael-Gymnasium, Bad Münstereifel, Pünder studied Law in Freiburg im Breisgau, Berlin and London. He finished his studies in 1911 with a Dr. jur. In 1919 he became a senior official in the Reich Ministry of Finance, and was then the state secretary from 1926 to 1932 in the Reich Chancellery under the Chancellors Hans Luther (Centre Party), Wilhelm Marx (Centre Party), Hermann Müller (SPD) and Heinrich Brüning (Centre Party).

In his spare time he also taught at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik in Berlin, partly at the same time as the later President of Germany Theodor Heuss. After the assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July 1944, Pünder was arrested by the Gestapo, and deported for participating in the conspiracy against Hitler to the concentration camps at Ravensbrück and Buchenwald and Dachau. He belonged to a group of relatively prominent prisoners of the security services of the Third Reich, who were transported all across Germany and were freed in South Tyrol at the end of the war by the Wehrmacht officer Wichard von Alvensleben.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Positions held
Member of the European Parliament, Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lord mayor of Cologne
Awards
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Also known as
Hermann Josef Maria Ernst Pünder, Hermann Punder

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Hermann Pünder?

German politician (1888-1976)

When was Hermann Pünder born?

Hermann Pünder was born on 1 April 1888 in Trier.

When did Hermann Pünder die?

Hermann Pünder died on 3 October 1976 in Fulda.

What was Hermann Pünder's occupation?

Hermann Pünder was a politician.

What nationality was Hermann Pünder?

Hermann Pünder was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Hermann Pünder

· Wikidata: Q109572

· DBpedia: Hermann Pünder

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