Walther Bringolf
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Walther Bringolf (1 August 1895 – 24 March 1981) was a former President of the National Council of Switzerland (1961/1962).[1] He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland[2] and was a long-time mayor of Schaffhausen (1933–1968).[3]
Communist activities[edit]
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Bringolf sympathised with the Russian Revolution and attended the Second Congress of the Third International. Whilst there he attended the Kultintern conference and joined their Provisional International Bureau.
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External links[edit]
- Walther Bringolf in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Biography of Walther Bringolf on the website of the Swiss Parliament.