Hedwig Finger

Hedwig Finger on a state election poster in 1950

Hedwig Finger (born January 5, 1899 in Siegen , † July 29, 1974 ibid) was a German politician ( CDU , DFU ).

After attending elementary school and then business school, Finger initially worked as an office worker and later became a businesswoman.

Between 1923 and 1933 she was a member of the Center Party and since 1930 chairwoman of Caritas in Siegen. Finger was also a member of the international peace movement since 1924 .

After 1945 she joined the CDU . In 1946 she was a member of the Provincial Council for Westphalia . In the first and second term of office she was a member of the appointed Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1946 . Afterwards she was directly elected member of the state parliament for the constituency of Recklinghausen / Land until 1954.

In protest against rearmament, she left the CDU to join the DFU, for which she ran in vain in the 1961 federal election in the Meschede-Olpe constituency and on the North Rhine-Westphalian state list.

Finger was a long-time member of the German Peace Society .

literature

Lothar Irle : Siegerland personalities and gender lexicon. Wins 1974.
Ulrich Friedrich Opfermann: Siegerland and Wittgenstein under National Socialism. People, data, literature. A handbook on regional contemporary history (= Siegen contributions. Special volume 2001). Siegen 2001, 2nd edition.
Philippe Blanchet: The CDU of the Siegerland. Origin, development, 1945–1949. Wins 1979.

Web links

Commons : Hedwig Finger - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Hedwig Finger at the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
Finger, born Schwunk, Hedwig . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Faber to Fyrnys] (= KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 253 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).

Individual evidence

↑ This and the following information: Philippe Blanchet: The CDU des Siegerlandes. Origin, development, 1945–1949. Siegen 1979, pp. 15, 42, 46.

personal data
SURNAME	Finger, Hedwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwunk, Hedwig (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (center, CDU, DFU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wins
DATE OF DEATH	July 29, 1974
Place of death	Wins

[1] This and the following information: Philippe Blanchet: The CDU des Siegerlandes. Origin, development, 1945–1949. Siegen 1979, pp. 15, 42, 46.