Background
Schreiber, Walter was born on June 10, 1884 in Pustleben (Harz), Germany. Son of Adolf and Margarethe (Rockstroh) Schreiber.
Schreiber, Walter was born on June 10, 1884 in Pustleben (Harz), Germany. Son of Adolf and Margarethe (Rockstroh) Schreiber.
Student universities Grenoble, Munich, Berlin, and Halle. Recipient of doctor’s degree, University of Halle, 1910, doctor’s degree in economic science (honorary), University of Berlin, 1928.
Admitted to bar, Halle, 1911, practiced in Halle, 1911-1914. Elected deputy in Prussian Diet, 1919. Prussian Minister for Commerce, 1925-1933.
Practice of law, Berlin, 1934-1951.
Member House of Representatives, Berlin, since 1946. Mayor of Berlin, 1951-1955.
Governing mayor, 1953-1955. Company-founder Christian Democratic Union, 1945, chairman district Berlin, 1947.
Member House of Representatives, Berlin, since 1946. Served as officer, World War I. Member Stuben Schurz Society.
Married Margaret Rüffer (deceased). Married second, Ada Lewin-Traeger, September 13, 1947. Children: Klaus-Dietrich (killed in World World World War II), Waltraut Klostermann.