Erich Neumann 1892 – 1951

Biography

Erich Neumann was born on May 31, 1892, in Forst (Lausitz), a town in the Lausitz region of Germany. He came of age during a transformative period in German history, one that would shape the course of his life and career in profound ways.

Neumann spent his adult years involved in German politics during the early-to-mid twentieth century, a time of significant upheaval and change across Europe. His life reflected the turbulent era in which he lived, marked by the major political movements that defined Germany during this period.

He lived to see the conclusion of World War II and the postwar period, passing away on March 23, 1951, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a town in the Bavarian Alps. Neumann’s life spanned nearly six decades of German history, from the German Empire through the Weimar Republic and into the postwar years.