Charlotte Schiffler

Charlotte Schiffler (born April 29, 1909 in Elberfeld ; † November 7, 1992 in Fulda ) was a local Frankfurt politician who distinguished herself through her ecumenical work, peace work and social commitment. She was active in the Catholic German Women's Association (KDF) and on its board.

In 1944 she received her doctorate in German at the University of Frankfurt. In 1950 she was a member of the first Hessian state parliament , city councilor for the city of Frankfurt am Main and honorary city councilor. She was awarded the title of City Elder and the Federal Cross of Merit for her employees . Throughout her life she supported the ecumenical Hedwig Dransfeld House in Bendorf , with which she had been closely connected since she had worked there from 1929–33 as secretary of the KDF youth association. From 1951, she and her husband Leonhard Schiffler gradually took in eight colored and two white foster children in their house built for this purpose in Frankfurt-Oberrad .

In the 1970s she built up the German Circle of Friends of the Arab-Jewish Peace Village Neve Shalom / Wahat As-Salam founded by Bruno Hussar . She campaigned for the then unknown and destitute Oskar Schindler to receive an honorary pension from the city of Frankfurt. Schiffler was awarded the Johanna Kirchner Medal of the City of Frankfurt am Main in 1991 . Together with Wolfgang Thierse , she received the Moses Mendelssohn Prize in Berlin in 1992 for her engagement in Neve Shalom . In 2001 a street in Frankfurt-Oberrad was named after her.

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• Dieter Kittlauß: The Life of Charlotte Schiffler [1]
• Ingrid Langner (eds.), Ulrike Ley and Susanne Sander: Alibi women? Hessian politicians II in the 1st and 2nd Hessian Landtag 1946 to 1954, Frankfurt 1995
• Kristin Weber-Fahr: Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Charlotte Schiffler, 1989