Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz
Austrian-Soviet Politician
About Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz
Lived 1892 – 1938 (aged 45–46).
Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz (1892 – 10 May 1938) was an Austrian-born politician in the Soviet Union. He was a prominent member of the Volga German community and served as the head of government of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1922 to 1924.
Biography Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz was born in 1892 in Vienna.
After the outbreak of World War I, he was exiled to Kazan.
In 1931, Kurz was appointed as the head of Intourist, which organized tourism for foreign visitors. In 1933, he became the first Soviet official to visit the United States after its recognition of the Soviet Union.
In 1937, Kurz, along with other leaders of the Volga German ASSR were arrested and charged with membership in a counterrevolutionary nationalist organization. He was tried and sentenced to death by the Politburo on 27 April 1938. He was executed on 10 May 1938 in Kommunarka.
He was rehabilitated in 1957.
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Who was Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz?
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Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz was born in 1892.
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Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz died in 1938.
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