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Paul Bock

German politician (1890-1968)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ1712228 ↗
Source-derived summary

Paul Bock (July 29, 1890 – March 23, 1968) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Life

He was one of the founders of the CDU in Lübeck in 1945. Bock was a member of the Lübeck citizenship in 1946/47 and 1950/51. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1957. In parliament he represented the constituency of Lübeck.

Literature

Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German).

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Paul Bock” as german politician (1890-1968). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1890, 1968, 1945, 1946—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1890-07-29. The account is most persuasive where Paul, Bock and German can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as german politician (1890-1968). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1712228. VIAF identifies the subject as 2411151172695339210000. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1890, 1968, 1945 and 1946.

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This entry incorporates text from “Paul Bock” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.