Jakob Neber
German politician (1891-1968)
Jakob Neber (January 29, 1891 – June 23, 1968) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.
Life
Neber was a member of the first German Bundestag from 1949 to 1953, into which he was elected for the CDU via the Rhineland-Palatinate state list.
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). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715.
“Jakob Neber” enters the record as german politician (1891-1968). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jakob, Neber and German can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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