Else Zimmermann
Else Zimmermann (born August 14, 1907 in Munich-Gladbach ; † June 21, 1995 in Hanover ) was a German politician, first of the KPD and later ( SPD ).
Life and work
After attending elementary school, Zimmermann completed a commercial apprenticeship and then worked as an office clerk. After her marriage, she was initially a housewife and later took over the management of her husband's business. In 1932 she left the SPD and joined the KPD. She was persecuted politically during the Nazi era. She was arrested by the Gestapo in Cologne on April 23, 1934 and sentenced to two and a half years and ten months in prison.
Artur Ladebeck , at that time the first district administrator in the Bielefeld district , appointed her to chair the denazification committee. Zimmermann turned his back on the KPD and rejoined the SPD and was a member of the board of directors and the women's committee of the SPD district association in Bielefeld .
She had a daughter and a son. She was separated from her family during National Socialism.
MPs
Zimmermann had been a councilor for the city of Brackwede since 1945 . She was elected to the district council of Bielefeld in 1946, where she was chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group until March 1961. From September 6, 1954 to October 3, 1961, she was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament . She was a member of the German Bundestag from 1961 to 1965. It entered parliament via the state list of North Rhine-Westphalia .
Public offices
Zimmermann was elected district administrator for the Bielefeld district in 1963. As the first woman in the Federal Republic of Germany, she took over the post of head of a district. She gave up her post in 1967 because of an illness.
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 987.
- Neue Westfälische from October 24, 2013: The first district administrator in the republic
Web links
- Else Zimmermann at the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament
- Article on the election as district administrator at the State Center for Civic Education North Rhine-Westphalia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carpenter, Else |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich-Gladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1995 |
| Place of death | Hanover |