Rupert Berger (February 10, 1896 - February 9, 1958) was a German
politician
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, representative of the
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German: , CSU) is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic ...
. In 1946, he was elected to represent the
Landtag of Bavaria
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Elections to the Landtag are held ever ...
.
Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte
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Rupert Berger attended the secondary school in Traunstein and was a founding member of the Bavarian People's Party. During the First World War he was a soldier in the Imperial Navy. He was head of the Bayernwacht in the Chiemgau and was briefly interned in the Dachau concentration camp in 1933 and then released without notice. After his release, Berger worked as an innkeeper in Regensburg and Landshut. During the Second World War he was again a soldier in the Navy. After the war he was a founding member of the CSU.
See also
*List of Bavarian Christian Social Union politicians
A list of notable politicians of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU):
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* Manfred Ach
* Heinrich Aigner
* Ilse Aigner
* Katrin Albsteiger
* Max Allwein
* Walter Althammer
* Hans Amler
* Erwin Ammann
* Johann Anetseder
* Willi Ankerm ...
References
Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians
1896 births
1958 deaths
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