page_title: Erich Mende
hierarchical_section_title: Erich Mende
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Erich Mende Zentralbild 13.11.1961 Dr. jur. Erich Mende, Vorsitzender der FDP (Westdeutschland) (26.1.1961) [Porträt Erich Mende] Abgebildete Personen: Mende, Erich Dr. jur.: Vizekanzler, MdB, FDP, Minister für Gesamtdeutsche Fragen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (GND 118580671)
context_page_description: Erich Mende was a German jurist and politician for the Christian-Democratic Union of Germany and the Free Democratic Party of Germany.
  Mende was born in Groß Strehlitz, near Oppolne. 1936 he made his abitur. Afterwards he had to do his working service for the state and then his military service. Up from 1938 he was an officer. At the end of World War II he was major. After he was set free as prisoner of war, his hometown was made Polish. He found a new home in the Ruhr area. Then he studied laws in Cologne and Bonn. In 1949 he finished his doctorade thesis.
  In 1946 he joined the FDP. He was Secretary for Intra-German Relations from 1963 to 1966. In the same time he was Vice Chancellor of West Germany.
context_section_description: Erich Mende (28 October 1916 - 6 May 1998 in Bonn) was a German jurist and politician for the Christian-Democratic Union of Germany and the Free Democratic Party of Germany.
  Mende was born in Groß Strehlitz, near Oppolne. 1936 he made his abitur. Afterwards he had to do his working service for the state and then his military service. Up from 1938 he was an officer. At the end of World War II he was major. After he was set free as prisoner of war, his hometown was made Polish. He found a new home in the Ruhr area. Then he studied laws in Cologne and Bonn. In 1949 he finished his doctorade thesis.
  In 1946 he joined the FDP. He was Secretary for Intra-German Relations (Bundesminister für gesamtdeutsche Fragen) from 1963 to 1966. In the same time he was Vice Chancellor of West Germany.
caption: Erich Mende (1961)
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