theodor heuss

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born Jan. 31, 1884, Brackenheim, German Empire died Dec. 12, 1963, Stuttgart, W.Ger. German politician and author. A member of the German Democratic Party during the Weimar Republic, he served in the Reichstag (1924-28, 1930-33). After Adolf Hitler came to power, Heuss's books on political science were burned as "un-German." After World War II (1939-45), he helped found the Free Democratic Party and served (1948-49) on the parliamentary council that wrote the West German constitution. He served as president of the new state from 1949 until his retirement in 1959

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The·o·dor heuss