Gustav Dietrich Dahrendorf (January 8, 1901, Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 - October 30, 1954) was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 SPD

Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...

 politician.

Biography

Dahrendorf was born in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, he served as member of the German Parliament from November 1932 to June 22, 1933. He was also several times a member of the Hamburg Parliament

Hamburg Parliament

The Hamburg Parliament is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2011 there were 121 members in the parliament, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies...

. He was the father of Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf

Ralf Dahrendorf

Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, KBE, FBA was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician....

 and Frank Dahrendorf.

In 1944 Dahrendorf was accused of treason at the Volksgerichtshof for his involvement in the 20 July plot alongside Julius Leber

Julius Leber

Julius Leber was a German politician of the SPD and a member of the German Resistance against the Nazi régime.-Early life:...

, Adolf Reichwein

Adolf Reichwein

Adolf Reichwein was a German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the SPD. He was also a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany.-Biography:...

 and Hermann Maaß

Hermann Maaß

Hermann Maaß was a German member of the Resistance against the Nazi régime.-Biography:Maaß was born in Bromberg, Province of Posen, German Empire , he volunteered for the German Army in World War I and was wounded in a gas attack in 1918...

. He was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.

Dahrendorf died in Braunlage

Braunlage

Braunlage is a town and health resort in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony in Germany. It lies within the Harz mountain range, south of the Brocken.Nowadays Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly ski tourists...

.