Erna Wiechert
Erna Wiechert (born May 7, 1905 in Sieker (Bielefeld) , † July 24, 1974 in Bielefeld ), née Schlingmann, was a German politician ( SPD ) and resistance fighter against National Socialism.
The daughter from a working-class household worked after elementary school from 1919 onwards in the Dr. August Oetker KG in Bielefeld. From 1922 to 1933 she was an employee in the SPD district association Ostwestfalen-Lippe and organized in the central association of employees . Wiechert attended the Tinz home elementary school for advanced training. During the Nazi era , she was a stenographer in a vulcanized fiber factory in Werder (Havel) . Together with her husband Theodor Wiechert , she participated in the resistance against the NSDAP government. Among other things, she worked with the left-wing socialist Red Shock Troop . On December 18, 1933, Erna Wichert was arrested in her apartment. She was released on March 31, 1934, but was arrested again on April 26 that year. On August 15, 1934, the Berlin Higher Regional Court sentenced her to six months in prison.
After the war she became a consultant in the Wedding District Office in the field of popular education. From 1946 to 1958 she was a district councilor in Berlin-Wedding. Wiechert was briefly a member of the city council of Greater Berlin . She was re-elected from 1963 to 1967 as a member of the Berlin House of Representatives.
literature
- Dennis Egginger-Gonzalez: The Red Assault Troop. An early left-wing socialist resistance group against National Socialism. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86732-274-4 , including a short biography on p. 518.
- 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. 276 (331 pages).
- Bettina Michalski: Louise Schroeder's sisters: Berlin social democrats of the post-war period. Dietz, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-8012-0240-2 , pp. 255 ff.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiechert, Erna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schlingmann, Erna (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sieker (Bielefeld) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1974 |
| Place of death | Bielefeld |