German civil servant and politician
Magnus Freiherr von Braun |
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Born | Magnus Alexander Maximilian von Braun (1878-02-07)7 February 1878
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Died | 29 August 1972(1972-08-29) (aged 94)
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Political party | DNVP[1] |
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Spouse |
Emmy von Quistorp
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Magnus Alexander Maximilian Freiherr von Braun[2][3] (7 February 1878 – 29 August 1972) was a German civil servant and politician (DNVP) whose career spanned the German Empire, World War I and the Weimar Republic.[4] He served as the Federal Minister of Nutrition and Agriculture from 1 June 1932 to 28 January 1933.
He was the father of pioneering rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.
- ^ Germany: the long road west, Volume 1 (in German). Heinrich August Winkler, Alexander Sager. 2006. ISBN 9780199265978. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
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- ^ Magnus Freiherr von Braun, Von Ostpreußen bis Texas. Erlebnisse und zeitgeschichtliche Betrachtungen eines Ostdeutschen. Stollhamm 1955 (also published as: Weg durch vier Zeitepochen. Vom ostpreußischen Gutsleben der Väter bis zur Weltraumforschung des Sohnes in America. Limburg, 1965