Alma Richter

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Alma Richter (born February 11, 1879 in Chemnitz , † December 24, 1969 in Hagen ) was a liberal German politician ( German Liberal Party (DVP), LDPD , FDP ).

Alma Richter was a housewife and moved to Gdansk in 1911 with her husband Richard (born Danzig) and their two daughters . In 1918 she became a city councilor there, and in 1924 she was elected to the Volkstag , the state parliament of the Free City of Danzig . In 1929 she became a senator for youth welfare and elderly care. After the seizure of power by the Nazis, they were removed from office in 1933 and retired in 1933 from the People's Day. Alma Richter founded a sweet cider factory.

After the Second World War she was expelled from Gdansk and fled to her Saxon homeland. There she joined the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany in Saxony. In the semi-free state elections in the Soviet Zone in 1946 , she was elected to the Saxon state parliament. From September 1948 she was the second secretary there. In 1949 she fled the Soviet Zone to West Germany and settled in Hagen, where her daughter was already living.

There she became a member of the FDP and was involved in the international women's movement. In 1968 she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

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SURNAME Judge, Alma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German liberal politician (DVP, LDPD, FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1969
Place of death Hagen