Julius Curtius

German statesman
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Born:
Feb. 7, 1877, Duisburg, Ger.
Died:
Nov. 10, 1948, Heidelberg (aged 71)

Julius Curtius (born Feb. 7, 1877, Duisburg, Ger.—died Nov. 10, 1948, Heidelberg) was a German statesman and the foreign minister of the Weimar Republic (1929–31). Following the completion of his legal studies at Berlin, Curtius became a lawyer at Duisburg in 1905 but moved to Heidelberg in 1911. After distinguishing himself in World War I, he served until 1921 as city councillor at Heidelberg, at the same time continuing his law practice, especially as an industrial counsel. As a member of the German People’s Party (Deutsche Volkspartei), he sat in the Weimar Reichstag (national parliament) from 1920 to 1932 and ...(100 of 197 words)