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German politician, president of the bundestag (1892-1958).
Born June 27th, 1892 in Erfurt.
Died October 23rd, 1958 at 66 years old in Wiesbaden.
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon