Career
He became Landrat (head of a district) in Landkreis Arnswalde in 1932 and was removed from office by the new Nazi administration in May 1933. Later he was employed by the state again and finally he was treasurer ("Kämmerer") in Breslau. Other sources like Hans-Peter Klausch, who listed all former Nazis on behalf of The Left does not mention this membership.
After World World War II he was one of the founders of the Free Democratic Party and representant of the left wing of the party.
From 1957 until 1961, he was the head of the Bundespräsidialamt (Office of the Federal President), and, in 1963, he was elected president of the German National Academic Foundation (German: Studienstiftung).
