About Karl Hamann
Lived 1903 – 1973 (aged 70). Karl Hamann was a German politician, farmer, agronomist and minister.
Karl Otto Hamann (4 March 1903 in Hildesheim – 16 June 1973 in Munich) was a German politician. Between 1948 and 1952 he was chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of (East) Germany (LDPD) and also the German Democratic Republic's Minister for Trade and Supply.
In December 1952 he was arrested, stripped of his positions and imprisoned. Following his release, in May 1957 he was able to flee to West Germany, He was relieved of his responsibilities and expelled from the LDPD. More than two years of "investigatory detention" at the Hohenschönhausen Jail followed. In July 1954 he was sentenced, in a secret trial, to ten years in prison, but he was pardoned in October 1956 and let out. In May 1957 he fled to the German Federal Republic (West Germany).
Publication Die Aufgaben für Einheit und Frieden. ("The Tasks for Unity and freedom") speech, Dresden 1951.
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Who was Karl Hamann?
German politician (1903-1973)
When was Karl Hamann born?
Karl Hamann was born on 4 March 1903 in Hildesheim.
When did Karl Hamann die?
Karl Hamann died on 16 June 1973 in Munich.
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Karl Hamann was a politician, farmer, agronomist and minister.
What nationality was Karl Hamann?
Karl Hamann was German.
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