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Born in Weidau, Germany
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Began working as a coal miner and grew interested in politics.
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He entered United States.
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Arrested for publishing and distributing anti-Nazi material.
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Arrested for distributing illegal writings.
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Imprisoned in Lichtenburg concentration camp and at Kassel prison.
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Tranferred to the newly opened Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp.