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'''Walther Bringolf''' (1 August 1895 – 24 March 1981) was a former [[List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland|President of the National Council of Switzerland]] (1961/1962).<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D6130.php Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (German)]</ref> He was a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=11l9BuA7gOIC&pg=PA280&dq=#v=onepage&q=Bringolf&f=false Secret Channel to Berlin by Pierre-Th Braunschweig, pgs 8, 11-14]</ref> and was a long-time [[mayor of Schaffhausen]] (1933–1968).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dN1VHc15igoC&pg=PA60&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false Why Switzerland? by Jonathan Steinberg, pg 60]</ref>
'''Walther Bringolf''' (1 August 1895 – 24 March 1981) was a former [[List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland|President of the National Council of Switzerland]] (1961/1962).<ref>[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D6130.php Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (German)]</ref> He was a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=11l9BuA7gOIC&q=Bringolf&pg=PA280 Secret Channel to Berlin by Pierre-Th Braunschweig, pgs 8, 11-14]</ref> and was a long-time [[mayor of Schaffhausen]] (1933–1968).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dN1VHc15igoC&pg=PA60 Why Switzerland? by Jonathan Steinberg, pg 60]</ref>

==Communist activities==
[[File:A group of members of the International Bureau of Proletkult, 1920.png|thumb|left|A group of members of the International Bureau of Proletkult.
Sitting (left to right): [[War Van Overstraeten]], [[Pavel Lebedev-Polianskii|P. Lebedev-Polyansky]] (secretary). [[ Anatoly Lunacharsky]] (chairman), [[Nicola Bombacci]], [[Wilhelm Herzog]], Standing Walther Bringolf, [[Jules Humbert-Droz]]]]
Bringolf sympathised with the [[Russian Revolution]] and attended the [[Second Congress of the Third International]]. Whilst there he attended the [[Kultintern]] conference and joined their Provisional International Bureau.


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Walther Bringolf

Walther Bringolf (1 August 1895 – 24 March 1981) was a former President of the National Council of Switzerland (1961/1962).[1] He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland[2] and was a long-time mayor of Schaffhausen (1933–1968).[3]

Communist activities

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A group of members of the International Bureau of Proletkult. Sitting (left to right): War Van Overstraeten, P. Lebedev-Polyansky (secretary). Anatoly Lunacharsky (chairman), Nicola Bombacci, Wilhelm Herzog, Standing Walther Bringolf, Jules Humbert-Droz

Bringolf sympathised with the Russian Revolution and attended the Second Congress of the Third International. Whilst there he attended the Kultintern conference and joined their Provisional International Bureau.

References

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Preceded by President of the National Council
1961/1962
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