Translation for "sein sprungbrett" to english

Sein sprungbrett

• his springboard

Translation examples

his springboard

Im Jahr 1949 trat er in den Dienst des Westberliner Oberbürgermeisters und 1957 wurde er selbst zum Oberbürgermeister gewählt. Dieses Amt war sein Sprungbrett in die Bundespolitik.
In 1949 he went to work for the mayor of West Berlin. In 1957 he himself was elected mayor, the position that was his springboard into national politics.