Johannes Rau

Education and Work

He was born in Wuppertal-Barmen as the third of five children. His family was strongly Protestant. As a schoolboy Rau was active in the Confessing Church, a circle of the German Protestant Church which actively resisted National Socialism.

Related Topics:
Wuppertal-Barmen - Protestant - Confessing Church - National Socialism

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Rau left school in 1949 and worked as a journalist and publisher, especially with the Protestant Youth Publishing House.

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