Frieda White
Frieda "Friedel" Weiß (born Witt, born August 19, 1907 in Berlin ; † December 16, 1984 there ) was a German politician ( SED ). From 1953 to 1961 she was mayor of the Berlin district of Pankow .
Life
Weiß, daughter of a working-class family, worked as an unskilled worker after attending primary school. She became a member of the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD) in 1922 and of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1927 . She married and had their daughter Anneliese in 1927 .
After the “ seizure of power ” by the National Socialists , she did illegal work with her husband from 1933 to 1937, who was in contact with Otto Winzer , Willy Rumpf and Rudolf Lentzsch . From 1943 to 1945 she was compulsory and had to work in a mechanical factory on Strausberger Platz , which was reduced to rubble in March 1945.
After the Second World War she rejoined the KPD in 1945 and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946 . She also became a member of the Democratic Women's Union of Germany (DFD) and worked as a clerk in the administration of the Prenzlauer Berg district . From December 1948 to 1950 she was District Councilor for Trade and Supply in Prenzlauer Berg and from March 1950 to 1952 District Councilor for Administration and Personnel Policy in the Lichtenberg District . From 1952 she was a district councilor in Pankow. From February 24, 1953 to May 25, 1961, she acted as district mayor of Pankow and was also a member of the SED district leadership. She was released from her job for health reasons. From 1954 to 1958 she was a member of the Berlin city council . After the constitution of the new city council on November 15, 1954, she was elected a member of the Berlin magistrate and, as city councilor, was responsible for the municipal development of the Pankow district.
Until she retired, she worked as a research assistant at the office of the GDR Council of Ministers . Most recently she lived in the Feierabendheim Schleusingerstraße in Berlin-Marzahn . Frieda Weiß died at the age of 77 and was buried in the VdN facility of the central cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde .
Awards
- 1954 medal for excellent performance
- 1955 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1975 in silver
literature
- Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Bonn / Berlin 1964, p. 375.
Individual evidence
- ^ Constituent meeting of the people's representatives for Greater Berlin . In: Neue Zeit , November 16, 1954, p. 2.
- ↑ Frieda Weiß 60 years . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 19, 1967, p. 2.
- ↑ We congratulate you . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 20, 1984, p. 8.
- ↑ Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde - 25th anniversary of death in 2009, accessed on October 18, 2017.
Wilhelm Kubig (1921–1924) | Hans Meißner (1925–1944) | Bernhard Ahmels (1944–1945) | Bruno Mätze (1945–1946) | Erich Ryneck (1946–1948) | Otto-Heinz Gahren (1948–1950) | Hermann Selbach (1950–1951) | Martin Dietrich (1951–1952) | Frieda Weiß (1953–1961) | Gerhard Kirschbaum (1961–1971) | Horst Ansorge (1971–1981) | Hans Walter (1981–1988) | Heinz Mohn (1988–1989) | Uwe Hauser (1989–1990) | Nils Busch-Petersen (1990) | Harald Lüderitz (1990–1992) | Jörg Richter (1992–1999) | Gisela Grunwald (1999-2001)
Since January 1, 2001, the Pankow district has been part of the new Pankow district .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, Frieda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Witt, Frieda (maiden name); White, Friedel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1984 |
| Place of death | Berlin |