Erna Hosemann

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Erna Hosemann (birth name Erna Doeltz; born December 31, 1894 in Berlin - Treptow , † May 16, 1974 in Langen ) was a German association functionary and local politician. In particular through her commitment as the founder and long-term chairwoman of the workers' welfare in Fulda , she earned merit.

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Origin and years in Berlin

Erna Doeltz was born on New Year's Eve 1894 as one of three children of social democratic parents who, with a “socialist” upbringing, attached importance to political and social responsibility. Her mother Emma Doeltz (1866–1950) came from a poor background and could not learn a trade. She had spent most of her childhood in the poor house helping her mother with her homework . Emma Doeltz married at the age of 28 and was a member of the SPD and the Child Protection Association . From 1894 poems and stories about her appeared in the women's magazine "Equality", edited by Clara Zetkin . In 1900 her mother published the book "Jugendlieder". Erna's father Rudolf was a locksmith by trade and, like her brother and sister, was a member of the SPD.

Erna Doeltz attended elementary school and then learned the trade of bookbinder . In 1913, at the age of 19, she became a member of the SPD and was also active on the local executive committee. In the Weimar Republic from 1919 she was involved in the development of the workers' welfare in Berlin. In 1920 she married Fritz Hosemann, who was born on February 6, 1899. This also joined the SPD in 1920. When her only child Erwin was born on June 12, 1925, she stopped working as a bookbinder. Afterwards she worked temporarily as a caretaker and between 1930 and 1935 as a saleswoman in the consumer goods division . In 1932 she became a district councilor in Berlin-Lichtenberg . After the seizure of the Nazi Party, she was expelled from the district assembly and had to quit shortly after their voluntary work at the Workers' Welfare, where she was under constant observation of the new rulers. During the time of National Socialism, the non-denominational Erna Hosemann only devoted herself to work as a housewife.

Work in Fulda

In mid-March 1945 Erna Hosemann came to Fulda to be near her son, who was there in the hospital , seriously injured in the war . She lived in the city as a subtenant. According to her own statements, she was surprised by the end of the war and decided to stay in Fulda for political and family reasons. Their settlement house in Berlin-Mahlsdorf was in the Soviet-occupied part and had been looted after the end of the war. On June 4, 1945, her husband, who had been discharged from the Wehrmacht, also came to Fulda. Erna and Fritz Hosemann were among those who re-founded the SPD local association in Fulda on October 27, 1945. Fritz Hosemann was active on the party committee of the local association and as a party speaker until his death on March 6, 1960, while Erna Hosemann was involved in the Fulda district committee and in the Hesse-North district committee.

Erwin Hosemann lived with his parents until autumn 1946. He then moved to Berlin, where he married in April 1947. In August 1947 he moved back to Fulda with his wife. There he was head of the falcon group . After the Erwin Hosemann family moved to Langen in 1955 , no suitable successor was found for the Falken group and it was closed. Erna Hosemann became a two-time grandmother through Erwin.

In 1946 Erna and Fritz Hosemann founded the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) for the city and the district of Fulda. This was made more difficult by the fact that it was a new establishment because the association had not existed in Fulda even before the time of National Socialism. Erna Hosemann became the founding chairwoman and remained first chairwoman for the next 27 years. That year she moved into the house on Von-Schildeck-Strasse in Fulda, which also housed the office of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt. The first activities of the AWO were the establishment of sewing rooms, collections for the needy and the distribution of CARE packages as well as the implementation of school meals . In 1965, on the initiative of Erna Hosemann, the nursing home was opened in the Fulda district of Ziehers-Nord . Since 1969 this has also offered a " mobile lunch table ". In 1973 Erna Hosemann resigned from the office of 1st chairwoman for health reasons.

In terms of local politics, Erna Hosemann was elected to the city council of Fulda after the election on April 25, 1948 . She was the only woman in the eight-member SPD parliamentary group. Even after she resigned from the city parliament on October 31, 1964, her advice was still in demand as a knowledgeable citizen in the social committee, where she was deputy chair, and in the youth welfare committee as well as in the hospital and social welfare deputation.

She campaigned for women's rights not only within the SPD. Together with Elisabeth Selbert , she sat at the board of directors at a women's conference held in Fulda in 1951, which advocated reform of family and marriage law and the introduction of state child benefits. She was also non-partisan in the Fulda women's circle and in its umbrella organization, the Hessen Women's Association, together with committed female members from other parties. In the latter, she was a member of the narrower board from 1954 to 1958 and the extended board until at least 1961. What is remarkable is that it was an exception within the SPD members, who in the first years of the FRG placed value on differentiation from other parties.

In the summer of 1973 she moved to live with her son's family in Langen. There she died on May 16, 1974. She was highly regarded across party lines for her socio-political work.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Michael Mott : Fuldaer Köpf - Volume 2 , Verlag Parzeller, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7900-0442-7 , pp. 304-307 (first published in the Fuldaer Zeitung of July 13, 2010, p. 10)
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Hamberger , Thomas Heiler , Werner Kirchhoff: History of the City of Fulda, Volume 2 (Writings of the Fuldaer Geschichtsverein ), Parzellers Buchverlag , 2008, ISBN 978-3-7900-0398-7 , p. 256
  3. ↑ AWO Fulda on including-medienarbeit.de, accessed on March 28, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Hosemann, Erna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Doeltz, Erna (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German association functionary and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin - Treptow
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1974
Place of death Langen (Hesse)