Christine Höger

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Christine Höger (born April 19, 1901 in Oberschwärzenbach , Griesbach in the Rottal district , † February 4, 1982 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life

Christine Höger was the daughter of a master shoemaker and attended an elementary school in Tettenweis . In 1920 she came to Berlin as a domestic worker , where in 1924 she became a member of the “Central Association of Domestic Workers” and in 1927 of the SPD. She attended the Tinz folk high school . From 1928 she worked as an office assistant and later as a library assistant. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, Höger built a grocery store and at the same time was illegally active in the resistance against National Socialism . In 1940 she was arrested and sentenced by the People's Court for “preparation for high treason” to two and a half years in prison, which she served in the Cottbus prison.

After the Second World War , Höger worked as an employee at the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) and in 1946 at the Berlin Magistrate . In the first Berlin election in 1946 , she was elected to the city ​​council of Greater Berlin until she left in 1950.

literature

  • Werner Breunig, Siegfried Heimann , Andreas Herbst : Biographical Handbook of Berlin City Councilors and Members of Parliament 1946–1963 (=  series of publications by the Berlin State Archives . Volume 14 ). Landesarchiv Berlin , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9803303-4-3 , p. 125 (331 pages).
  • Bettina Michalski: Louise Schroeder's sisters: Berlin social democrats of the post-war period. Dietz, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-8012-0240-2 , p. 124.
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany (ed.): Committed to freedom. Memorial book of the German social democracy in the 20th century. Marburg 2000, p. 148.
  • Christian Bräuer: Höger, Christine (1901–1982): Social democratic trade unionist with contacts to the communist resistance . In: Siegfried Mielke (ed.): Trade unionists in the Nazi state: persecution, resistance, emigration . Essen: Klartext, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89861-914-1 , pp. 179-184
personal data
SURNAME Höger, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), member of the city council of Greater Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberschwärzenbach , Griesbach im Rottal district
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 1982
Place of death Berlin