Emma White

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Emma Weiß (born May 7, 1903 in Bärringen , † May 8, 1988 in Meiningen ) was a German politician ( SED ). From 1946 to 1950 she was a member of the Thuringian state parliament .

Life

Weiß was born as the daughter of a postal worker in the Bohemian lignite district. After attending primary school, she learned the trade of saleswoman and worked as a warehouse keeper in the consumer cooperative . In 1922 she became a member of the Social Democratic Youth Movement, a year later she joined the SPD and became a party official.

After the Second World War , she came to Gera with the expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia in 1945 and campaigned for the forced unification of the SPD and KPD to form the SED . In the elections on October 20, 1946, she was elected to the Thuringian state parliament, to which she was a member until October 1950. In December 1950 she was appointed to the district administrator for the district of Meiningen . On the basis of the law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Thuringia of July 25, 1952, she was then chairwoman of the council of the Meiningen district .

As head of department in the consumer district association Suhl she received the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze in 1963 and in 1983 as a veteran in Meiningen the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold. Most recently she was a long-time member of the commission for the care of old, deserving party members at the SED district leadership in Suhl. Her 85th birthday was honored with a greeting from the Central Committee of the SED in New Germany . White died at the age of 85.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Women in the struggle for peace and prosperity . In: Neues Deutschland, March 8, 1951, p. 5.
  2. ↑ Honor roll . In: Neue Zeit , April 29, 1983, p. 2.
  3. ^ Central Committee of the SED congratulates Comrade Emma Weiß . In: Neues Deutschland, May 7, 1988, p. 4.
  4. ^ Organization of the funeral services for Emma Weiss. Archive portal Thuringia. (accessed July 4, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Know Emma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Bear wrestling
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1988
Place of death Meiningen