Wilhelm AltvaterWilhelm Altvater was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party and former member of the German Bundestag.LifeAltvater had been a member of the SPD since 1946. He was a member of the German Bundestag from September 22, 1960, when he succeeded the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia as state representative for the late Hugo Rasch, until 1961.