Rudolf Breitscheid was a German politician and leading member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany during the Weimar Republic. Once leader of the liberal Democratic Union, he joined the SPD in 1912. Wikipedia
Born: November 2, 1874, Cologne, Germany
Died: August 24, 1944 (age 69 years), Buchenwald Memorial, Weimar, Germany
Party: National-Social Association
Previous office: Interior Minister of the Free State of Prussia (1918–1919)
Place of burial: Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde, Berlin, Germany
Education: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich