Krista Sager

(1953-Alive). Bundnis 90/Green Party Member of the Bundestag, 2002-Current.

Hans-Heinrich Sander

(1945-Alive). Free Democratic Party Minister of the Environment of Lower Saxony, March 4, 2003-Current.

Fritz Sauckel

(1894-1946). Born Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel. Joined Nazi Party, 1923. Nazi Deputy, Parliament of Thuringia, 1927-1933. Minister of the Interior of Thuringia, 1932. Governor of Thuringia, 1933. Nazi Member of the Reichstag, 1933-1945. Honorary SA General and SS General. During the Third Reich, he was responsible for mobilizing German and foreign workers for the Wehrmacht. Reich Defense Commissioner of Kassel, 1939. Plenipotentiary-General for Labor Mobilization, 1942-1945. Deported 5,000,000 people from their homes in occupied territories to work as slave labor in Germany. Also presided over extermination of tens of thousands of Polish Jews. Tried and convicted as a war criminal, despite his contention that he "knew nothing." Hanged on October 16, 1946.

Guenther Schabowski

(1929-Alive). Editor-in-Chief, "Neues Deutschland" (newspaper of the Socialist Unity Party of the Democratic Republic of Germany), 1978-1985. Socialist Unity Party Delegate, People's Chamber, Democratic Republic of Germany, 1981-1990. As a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party, he announced at a televised press conference the opening of border crossings, leading to his forced resignation from the Central Committee and his expulsion from the Socialist Unity Party, 1989-1990. Convicted of murder in connection with deaths at border crossings, 1995. Sentenced to three years in prison.

Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht

(1877-1970). Director, German National Bank, 1916, President, 1923-1939. Reich Currency Commissioner, 1923. Chairman, German Delegation to Negotiate the Young Plan, 1929. Urged appointment of Hitler as Chancellor and raised funds for Nazi Party, 1932-1933. Reich Minister of Economics, 1934-1937. Although anti-Semitic, he negotiated a deal with the World Zionist Organization that allowed about 170,000 Jews to buy their way out of Germany between 1934-1938. Became disillusioned with Nazis and resigned as Minister of Economics, 1937. While he was not a plotter, Schacht was arrested following the attempted assassination of Hitler, 1944. Sent to Dachau Concentration Camp. After the war, he was arrested by the Allies and tried for crimes against humanity, but found not guilty. Re-arrested by the German government, he was convicted on other charges and sentenced to eight years in prison. Released in 1948 and re-entered the banking profession.

Paul Schaefer

(January 18, 1949, Mainz, Germany-Alive). Die Linke Member of the Bundestag, 2005-Current.

Fritz Schaeffer

(1888-1967). Christian Socialist Union Minister President of Bavaria, May-September, 1945. Member of the Bundestag, 1949-1961. Federal Minister of Finance, 1949-1957. Federal Minister of Justice, 1957-1961.

Frank Schaeffler

(1968-Alive). Free Democratic Party Member of the Bundestag, 2005-Current.

Wolfgang Schaeuble

(September 18, 1942, Freiburg, Germany-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Member of the Bundestag, 1972-Current. Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Chief of the Chancellory, 1984-1989. Federal Minister of the Interior, 1989-1991, 2005-Current. Victim of an unsuccessful assassination attempt in 1990 that left him confined to a wheelchair. Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union, 1998-2000.

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

((July 3, 1932, Berlin, Germany-Alive). Member, Socialist Unity Party, 1955 (Central Committee, 1986-1989). Colonel, Minister of State Security, Democratic Republic of Germany, 1967. Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade, Germany Democratic Republic, 1967-1975, Secretary, 1975-1989. Fled to Federal Republic of Germany, 1989. Briefly imprisoned, then settled in Bavaria. Accused of embezzlement, espionage, fraud, and other crimes committed in East Germany. Convicted of breaking Allied law and sentenced to a year's probation, 1996.

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Rudolf Scharping

(1947-Alive). Social Democratic Party Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate, 1991-1994. Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, 1993-1995. Social Democratic Party candidate for Chancellor of Germany, 1994. Member of the Bundestag, 1994-Current. Federal Minister of Defense, 1998-2002. Dismissed as Minister of Defense as a result of his involvement in several minor scandals.

Annette Schavan

(1955-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport of Baden-Wuerttemberg, 1995-2005. Federal Minister of Education and Research, 2005-Current.

Christine Scheel

(1956-Alive). Bundnis 90/Green Party Member of the Bundestag, 1994-Current.

Mildred Wirtz Scheel

(1932-1985). Physician. Wife of Walter Scheel. First Lady of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1974-1979. Noted for her work on behalf of cancer victims.

Walter Scheel

(1919-Alive). Free Democratic Party Member of the Bundestag, 1953-1974. Chairman of the Free Democratic Party, 1967. Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor of Germany, 1969-1974. President of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1974-1979. Husband of Mildred Wirtz Scheel.

Hermann Scheer

(April 29, 1944, Wehrheim, Germany-Alive). Social Democratic Party Member of the German Bundestag, 1980-Current. President of Eurosolar. General Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energy. Received Right Livelihood Award, 1999.

Ernst Schellenberg

(1907-1984). Social Democratic Party Member of the Bundestag, 1952-1976.

Andreas Scheuer

(1974-Alive). Christian Socialist Union Member of the Bundestag, 2002-Current.