Gertrud Eitner

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Gertrud Eitner , née Kessler (born October 11, 1880 in Wilmsdorf , Wehlau district , East Prussia ; † October 1, 1955 in Bochum ) was a German teacher and politician ( CSVD ).

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Gertrud Eitner was born in 1880 as the daughter of the Berlin Consistorial Councilor and later General Superintendent of Neumark and Niederlausitz Hans Kessler (1856–1939). In her youth she attended the Margarethenschule in Berlin , then the Fraulein Prox teachers' seminar. In 1899 she passed her teacher examination for middle and high schools. From 1900 to 1904 she worked as a teacher at secondary schools for girls. From 1905 to 1908 she studied German , geography and philosophy in Berlin. In 1909 she married the pastor Martin Eitner (born October 9, 1883, † August 31, 1958 in Bochum) in Ryńsk (Rheinsberg / Wpr.), Who had been ordained in the same year. The two lived initially from 1920 to 1928 in Burg (Spreewald) , later in Breslau , where Eitner's husband was employed as a pastor.

As the wife of a pastor, Eitner was involved in the Evangelical Women's Aid in her home parishes and was a member of the board of the General Association of Evangelical Women's Aid from 1925. In 1929 she took over the management of the Wroclaw local association of women's aid and became the director of the Evangelical Mother School in Wroclaw. Eitner also joined the Christian Social People's Service (CSVD) in the 1920s - a Christian party that was intended as a counterpart to the Catholic Center Party - and eventually became a deputy member of the CSVD's board of directors. From 1930 to 1932 Eitner belonged to her party as a member of the Reichstag in Berlin on the Reich election proposal. She also appeared publicly through lectures and essays on issues relating to upbringing and women as well as maternal care and training (especially in women's aid).

Towards the end of the Second World War , Eitner and her husband were forcibly evacuated from Breslau. Then they came to Bochum, where they spent their last years. While Mr. Eitner took over the administration of parishes from 1946 to 1948 and gave religious instruction, his wife no longer appeared in public.

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  • How do I run a women's aid agency? , 1930.

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SURNAME Eitner, Gertrud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kessler, Gertrud (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and politician (CSVD), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilmsdorf , Wehlau district , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1955
Place of death Bochum