Gerd Bucerius (19 May 1906 – 29 September 1995)[1] was a German politician, publisher and journalist, one of the founding members of Die Zeit.

[citation needed] Bucerius remained a lawyer, defending numerous Jewish clients and others who were targeted under the Nazi regime.

[1] The British tasked him with the reorganization of the senate in Hamburg; in 1949 he was elected as a deputy to the first post-war Bundestag as a member of the CDU.

[1] In 1946, with Lovis H. Lorenz, Richard Tüngel, and Ewald Schmidt di Simoni he created Die Zeit, with which they hoped to found a great newspaper for the north of Germany.

[2] Bucerius is considered an important benefactor to Hamburg; upon the centenary of his birth, chancellor Helmut Schmidt called him among the most influential citizens of the city.