Kurt Fritz Johannes Blaum was a German politician who served in political roles both before and after the Second World War; he was Mayor of Hanau between 1921 and 1933, and Mayor of Frankfurt between 1945 and 1946.
10 Facts About Kurt Blaum
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Kurt Blaum attended the Lyceum of Strasbourg from 1890 to 1903, then studied law and economics at Kiel University and the University of Strasbourg.
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In 1910, Kurt Blaum received a PhD in Political Science for his thesis about the monetary system of Switzerland.
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On 29 December 1921, Kurt Blaum became the mayor of Hanau.
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Kurt Blaum served as the mayor of Hanau until 1 April 1933, when he was removed due to his liberal sympathies.
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However, on 4 July 1945, Kurt Blaum was appointed the provisional Mayor of Frankfurt, succeeding Wilhelm Hollbach.
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On 25 July 1946, Kurt Blaum contested the first democratic mayoral election as the candidate from the CDU.
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Kurt Blaum lost the election to Walter Kolb, the SPD candidate and former chief municipal director of Dusseldorf.
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Kurt Blaum worked as an advisor on the German currency reform of 1948, and from 1946 to 1962 was president of the Polytechnic Society in Frankfurt am Main as well as of the Hessian Red Cross.
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Kurt Blaum received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952.