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Dr. '''Otto Albert Willumeit''' (November 25, 1905 - December 30, 1989) was the former head of the [[German American Bund]] in [[Chicago]]. 

Otto Willumeit was born in 1905 in Sarrebourg, Lorraine which at the time was in Germany. He arrived in the United States in 1925 and became an American citizen in 1931. He returned to Germany in 1933 and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1936 at the University of Bonn in Berlin.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Otto-Willumeit/308198535 Dr. Otto Willumeit on zoominfo]</ref> 

He became Chicago Bund leader in 1938.<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19430721&id=he8ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FSMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5974,2124304 "Ex-Bund Leader Drops Citizenship", ''The Milwaukee Journal'', July 21, 1943, page 8]</ref>  In May 1944 he volunteered to surrender his American citizenship in government proceedings against him. At the time he was serving two consecutive sentences of five years for espionage and conspiracy to advise resistance to the draft. 

Dr. Otto Willumeit's conviction was part of the [[Anastase Vonsiatsky]], [[Gerhard Kunze]], and [[Wolfgang Ebell]] spy ring.

Dr. Otto Willumeit died on December 30, 1989 in Holiday, Florida. He was married to Maria Willumeit also of Holiday, Florida who died in January 13, 1992. 

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