Ernst Schmidt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Schmidt

German historian and activist

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1924

Place of Birth: Borbeck-Mitte, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 16-Dec-2009

Profession: writer, politician, historian, activist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ernst Schmidt (12 October 1924 – 16 December 2009) was a German communist activist in West Germany during the Cold War.
He was an active member of the Communist Party of Germany, which was banned as unconstitutional in 1956, and was sentenced to prison for anti-constitutional activities.
Late in life and after abandoning communism, he was noted as a local historian in Essen.