 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Schneider akaberekerwa muKaturike nevabereki vane rusununguko muEttenheim. Akadzidza mushonga uye akakurumbira mune zvemaziso. Muna 1898 akagara muNeunkirchen, Saarland ndokutanga tsika yake. Kubvira pakupera kwezana remakore akaratidza kufarira muSocial Democracy yakanga ichikura uye akadzidza mabasa aMarx, Engels, Bebel naKautsky. Pashure peHondo Yenyika I mukati meNovember Revolutionakanga ari nhengo yedare revashandi, iro rakazoparadzwa nemauto eFrance musi wa 1 December 1918. MuNeunkirchen aiva nebasa rokutarisira varwere. Muna 1919 aive nhengo yekutanga yeIndependent Social Democratic Party yeGerman USPD muNeunkirchen. Akasarudzwa semutambi anotungamira musarudzo yemakurukota eUSPD musi wa11 Chikunguru 1920, uye akasarudzwa kuOttweiler district council uye kuNeunkirchen town council. Pashure pokubatanidzwa kwezvikamu zveUSPD neCommunist Party yeGermany, Schneider akaparadzana nebato rake rekare. 