Hildegard Schimschok

Hildegard Schimschok , b. Luke (born April 22, 1913 in Bövinghausen ; † October 24, 2001 ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life and work

Schimschok was born the daughter of a miner. After attending elementary school and the girls' trade school, she completed a Froebel nanny course, which she completed in 1933 with the state examination as an infant sister. From 1933 to 1940 she then worked as an infant nurse and maternity nurse. In 1948 she passed the state examination as a welfare worker (majoring in youth welfare) and then worked as the director of a children's home until 1950.

Resistance in the time of National Socialism

After the National Socialists came to power, Schimschok took part in the resistance and joined the Dortmund resistance group New Socialism organized by Paul Winzen . The resistance group, also known as the Winzen Group, included former members of the Freethinker Youth , the Socialist Workers Youth and the Friends of Nature . After the group was exposed, Schimschok was sentenced to four years in prison in 1940 by the 1st Criminal Division of the Hamm Higher Regional Court for preparation for high treason. She was serving her sentence, but was still detained and was only released from detention after the liberation of West Germany in April 1945.

Political party

Schimschok was a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) in 1932/33. She joined the SPD in 1945, had been the head of social democratic women in the SPD sub-district of Dortmund from 1957 and became chairwoman of the social democratic women in the SPD district of West Westphalia in 1965. From 1965 to 1970 she was a member of the Federal Women's Committee and the Party Council of the Social Democrats.

MPs

Schimschok was a council member for the city of Dortmund from 1956 to 1960. In the federal election in 1965 she was elected to the German Bundestag , which she belonged to until 1976. It was always drawn into parliament via the state list of North Rhine-Westphalia .

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 , pp. 741-742.