Person

Wilhelm Kaisen

1887–1979 · 20th century

Wilhelm Kaisen (1887–1979) was a German Social Democratic politician who was mayor of Bremen and president of its senate from 1945 to 1965. He led the city's reconstruction after the Second World War and its re-establishment as a federal state in 1947. Under him Bremen served as the main supply port for United States forces in Germany.

Wilhelm Kaisen
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