Grete Thiele
Margarethe Thiele (born December 16, 1913 in Bottrop , † December 29, 1993 in Solingen ) was a German politician of the KPD , later DKP .
Life
Margarethe, called Grete, Thiele was born in Bottrop as the daughter of a social democratic miner and city councilor. In 1928 she became a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth in Wuppertal and later its chairman. She was a member of the SPD from 1932 to 1945 . She was an office clerk by profession. After the NSDAP came to power, she began to work illegally. She was arrested for the first time in 1933 and again in 1936 and sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Here she met communists. After her release in 1940 she made contact with communists and worked in resistance groups without being a member of the KPD. She found a job as an office clerk, which she held until the end of the war. She married and had a son. However, their marriage failed.
In 1945 Thiele became a member of the KPD and city councilor in Wuppertal. From 1947 to 1949 she was a member of the state parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia . She belonged to the German Bundestag in its first legislative period (1949–1953). After the KPD exceeded the 5% clause in the federal election, its immunity was lifted and attempts were made to arrest it. She was expatriated in Wuppertal and wanted for 14 years. At first she lived illegally; After the KPD was banned, she worked until the mid-1960s as an editor for the German freedom broadcaster 904 , which broadcast KPD propaganda for West Germany from Burg (near Magdeburg) .
In 1968 she played a key role in founding the DKP.
Works
- “Is the peaceful path to socialism possible in West Germany?” In: Wissen und Tat , 1956, Issue 7, pp. 11-19.
- Ed .: Municipal politics - present and perspective. Frankfurt am Main 1980.
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 874.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Communist Party constituted
- ↑ Edith Laudowicz / Dorlies Pollmann: Because I love life - From the life of committed women, Cologne 1981 Interview with Grete Thiele (originally owned by EL)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thiele, Grete |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thiele, Margarethe (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD, DKP), MdL, MdB |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bottrop |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1993 |
| Place of death | Solingen |