14 Facts About Andreas Hermes

Andreas Hermes was a German agricultural scientist and politician.

Andreas Hermes was raised as a Catholic in Monchengladbach, and lost his father at the age of 8.

Andreas Hermes studied agricultural science and philosophy at Bonn, Jena and Berlin.

In 1911 Andreas Hermes was appointed director of the agricultural department of the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome.

Andreas Hermes stayed in that office until the resignation of the cabinet of Wilhelm Cuno in August 1923.

Whilst serving as a minister, Andreas Hermes managed the transition from technocratic expert to politician.

Andreas Hermes then was either affected by an amnesty, or released as his time served in jail counted towards the sentence, according to different sources.

Andreas Hermes resigned from his positions in the agricultural organizations and in 1936 emigrated to Colombia.

Andreas Hermes returned to Germany to collect his family, but the eruption of World War II prevented his departure back to South America.

From 1942, Andreas Hermes was in touch with members of the resistance like Carl Friedrich Goerdeler and the Kreisau Circle.

On 19 May 1945, Andreas Hermes became one of four deputy mayors of Berlin.

Andreas Hermes used his positions to work against the threat of a division of Germany.

Andreas Hermes founded the placing himself in opposition to the views of Konrad Adenauer.

In 1947, Andreas Hermes became a member of the Bizonal Economic Council, as chairman of the food committee.