Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: 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 .
Simplified: Dr. Erich Mende ( October 28 , 1916 in GroÃ Strehlitz -- May 6 , 1998 in Bonn ) was a German politician of the FDP and CDU .