Wolfgang Schumann (1887–1964), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German author
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Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
About Wolfgang Schumann (1887–1964)
- Wolfgang Schumann (22 August 1887 in Dresden – 22 April 1964 in Freital) was a German writer and journalist. Wolfgang was the son of Paul Schumann and the stepson of Ferdinand Avenarius.
- Both of these father figures had played a role in setting up the Dürerbund, a leading cultural organisation in Germany.
- His grandfather, Rudolf Doehn was a veteran Forty-Eighter who had fought in the American Civil War. Schumann worked closely with Otto Neurath at the Deutsches Kriegswirtschaftsmuseum (German Museum of War Economy) in Leipzig.
- In December 1918 they both joined Hermann Kranold to produce the Programm Kranold-Neurath-Schumann whilst in Saxony.
- All three subsequently went to Bavaria, where Neurath was appointed President of the Central Economic Administration for the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
- However Schumann soon left with the other Social Democrats.
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