Heinrich Schmitt | |
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| Born | 6 October 1895 Waldbüttelbrunn, Lower Franconia, Germany |
| Died | 13 August 1951 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Trades union activist & politician |
| Political party | SPD, USPD, and KPD |
| Spouse | Anna Nawroth (1892–1984) |
| Children | Harry Schmitt (1919–1999, also known as Ralf Forster) |
Heinrich Schmitt (6 October 1895 – 13 August 1951) was a German politician. In 1928 he was elected to the national Reichstag, where he sat as a Communist member. In 1933 he escaped with his family to the Soviet Union. The next year he infiltrated back into Germany with false papers. He was arrested in 1935, but survived ten years in detention, re-emerging in 1945 as a leading regional politician in occupied Bavaria. He left the Communist party in 1947.
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