Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus

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Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus , b. Nicolaus (born January 31, 1910 in Gießen ; † January 1, 2008 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician of the FDP / DVP .

Life and work

Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus grew up in Giessen. She left home at the age of 16 when she got engaged and dropped out of school. After the early accidental death of her husband, she made up her Abitur and from 1933 studied law as well as economics and business administration in Gießen. After the first state examination in 1937, she received her doctorate at the Ludwigs-Universität Gießen with her thesis on "[the] compulsory correction of the land register". From 1938 she worked at IG Farben in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . After she married her second husband, she moved with her family to Stuttgart in 1940 , where she worked as a claims clerk for Württembergische Feuerversicherung until the end of the war and passed her second state examination in 1944.

Since she was not admitted to the bar by the National Socialists , she was only able to take up this profession after the end of the war. In addition to her professional activity, Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus also volunteered for the German Association of Women Lawyers . The mother of three had been divorced since the late 1950s . The plan of the social-liberal government to make her a judge at the Federal Constitutional Court failed in 1971 due to resistance from the Union parties.

Political party

Diemer-Nicolaus joined the DVP in 1946, influenced by essays by Wolfgang Haußmann , of which she was a member of the state executive committee (now FDP / DVP ) from 1959 to 1971. Until her death she was honorary chairman of the FDP / DVP district association in Stuttgart.

MPs

From 1946 to 1950 Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus was a councilor in Stuttgart. She was then from 1950 to 1952 a member of the state parliament of Württemberg-Baden , or after the merger of Württemberg-Baden, Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden from 1952 to 1957 a member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg . Here she particularly campaigned for a liberal constitution for Baden-Württemberg.

In 1957 Diemer-Nicolaus was elected to the German Bundestag via the state list of the FDP in Baden-Württemberg . There she was an expert in her group on budgetary and constitutional issues. From January 1963 to 1965 she was deputy chairman of the Legal Committee. She was also a member of the Special Committee for the Great Criminal Law Reform , where she campaigned for the rehabilitation of those who had committed criminal offenses. Rehabilitation should replace the old idea of ​​revenge and atonement. In return, she called for "an expansion of the socio-therapeutic institutions and for working prisoners adequate payment of their services in order to secure the maintenance of the families, to compensate the victim of the crime and to enable the repayment of debts." In addition, she was committed to the equality of men and women by u. a. as one of the first politicians to call for part-time work for working women. In the debate about Section 218 of the Criminal Code , Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus advocated the introduction of the ethical indication for pregnancy due to rape. In addition, she played a decisive role in the reform of marriage and divorce law, which today is based on the principle of breakdown instead of the principle of guilt.

From 1971 to 1973 Diemer-Nicolaus was a member of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe .

Documents about her activities for the FDP in the German Bundestag are in the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Gummersbach .

honors and awards

She was honored with the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany and in 1973 with the Great Cross of Merit and the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg .

Publications

  • There is no specific policy for women. In: Birgit Meyer: Women in the men's association. Politicians in leadership positions from the post-war period until today. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1997, ISBN 3-593-35889-1 , pp. 163-190.

literature

  • Ina Hochreuther: Women in Parliament. Southwest German MPs since 1919. Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament and the Baden-Württemberg State Center for Civic Education. Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-1012-8 .
  • Orla-Maria Fels: A passionate defender of the rule of law - Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus . In: Liselotte Funcke (Ed.): To be free to make others free , Stuttgart 1984, pp. 194–201.
  • City archive Stuttgart (ed.): Rubble women of local politics. Women in the Stuttgart municipal council 1945–1960 . Stuttgart 2013, p. 19 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog of the German National Library http://d-nb.info/576866830 .
  2. ^ Ina Hochreuther, Women in Parliament. Southwest German MPs since 1919. Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament and the Baden-Württemberg State Center for Civic Education, Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-1012-8 , p. 179.
  3. ↑ Orla-Maria Fels: A passionate defender of the rule of law - Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus. In: Liselotte Funcke (Ed.): To be free to make others free , Stuttgart 1984, pp. 194–201.
  4. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 111, June 16, 1973.
personal data
SURNAME Diemer-Nicolaus, Emmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nicolaus, Emmy (maiden name); Wallenfels, Emmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP / DVP), Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2008
Place of death Stuttgart