Anne Kalähne
Anne Kalähne (called Anni) (born June 10, 1878 in Jena ; † May 24, 1957 in Bremen ) was a German politician ( DNVP ) in Danzig .
Anne Kalähne was the daughter of the medievalist and German-national Berlin history professor Dietrich Schäfer (1845–1929). In the 1890s until their marriage, she worked as his private assistant. She married the physicist Alfred Kalähne , who held a chair for physics at the TH Danzig from 1906 .
Anne Kalähne was the founder of the German national women's movement in West Prussia / Danzig. From 1920 to 1933 she was a member of the state parliament in the Danzig People's Day for the DNVP . After the seizure of power by the Nazis in the kingdom, she was arrested in 1933 as an alleged supporter.
In 1945 the Kalähne couple had to flee Danzig and moved to Schleswig-Holstein, where Alfred Kalähne died after a short time. She was involved in women's work and in the Gdańsk League .
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (December 2, 1953)
literature
- Martin Schumacher (ed.): MdL, the end of parliaments in 1933 and the members of the state parliaments and citizenships of the Weimar Republic during the time of National Socialism: political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933-1945; a biographical index / [Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties], 1995, ISBN 3770051890 , p. 77, paragraph 592
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kalähne, Anne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kalähne, Anni; Schäfer, Anne (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (DNVP) in Gdansk |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1957 |
| Place of death | Bremen |