What is Kurt Schumacher?
[[File:Kurt Schumacher.jpg|thumb|Kurt Schumacher]] '''Kurt Schumacher''' (born 13 October 1895 in [[Kulm]], [[West Prussia]] (now [[Chełmno]] in [[Poland]]) - died 20 August 1952 in [[Bonn]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]]. He was leader of the [[SPD]] from 1946 to 1952 and speaker of the SPD in the [[Bundestag]] 1949-1952. Schumacher was the son of a salesman. When [[World War I]] started, he left [[school]] to join the German [[army]]. In December 1914, he was badly hurt. His arm had to be removed. After this, he went back to school in [[Berlin]] to study [[Law]] and [[politics]]. While there, he became a [[socialism|socialist]]. In 1924, he was [[election|elected]] to the [[legislature]] in Württemberg. He became the SPD leader for Württemberg in 1928. In 1930, he was elected to the [[nation]]al legislature, the [[Reichstag (institution)|Reichstag]]. After the [[Nazi]]s took control of Germany, Schumacher was [[arrest]]ed. He was beaten badly in [[prison]]. He was put into [[concentration camp]]s for the next ten years. In 1943, Schumacher was set free because of his bad [[health]]. He was arrested again in 1944 and stayed in the concentration camps until the [[Great Britain|British]] set them free in April 1945. After the [[World War II]], Schumacher put the SPD back together. He was first chief of the Social democrats in [[West Germany]] after the WWII. He was also their first speaker in the federal parliament ([[Bundestag]]) and first leader of opposition in the Bundestag. In 1952, Schumacher died in [[Bonn]]. {{SPDHeads}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schumacher, Kurt}} [[Category:1895 births]] [[Category:1952 deaths]] [[Category:Anti-communists]] [[Category:Members of the German Bundestag]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:German people of World War II]] [[Category:German prisoners]] [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] [[Category:Members of the Reichstag (Weimar Republic)]] [[Category:Prussian politicians]] [[Category:Leaders of the Opposition (Germany)]]