Ilse Demme

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Ilse Demme (born August 18, 1909 in Kassel ; died July 3, 1969 in Berlin ) was a German teacher and head of the Wilmersdorf gardening school for many years.

Live and act

Demme studied education in Kassel and worked there as a teacher for several years. In 1936 she came to Berlin, but was no longer able to work as a teacher there due to the Nuremberg Laws . Instead, she made a living as a secretary and translator. She was also involved in the resistance against National Socialism. For example, she copied the protest sermons of the Münster bishop, Clemens August Graf von Galen , in which he denounced the murder of mentally ill people by the Nazi regime.

In 1941 Demme was denounced and arrested. On August 18, 1942, she was sentenced to prison in the Ravensbrück concentration camp , which she served until the liberation in May 1945. In 1946 she took over the management of the Wilmersdorf gardening school, which she held until 1968. With the reform of the school system in 1946, working lessons became a compulsory subject again. The classes came to the gardening school once a week all day long, with gardening and lessons alternating in the classrooms.

Demme developed projects and methods to get students excited about plants, nature, and gardening and agriculture. The pupils were able to experience the whole cycle of sowing, growing, harvesting and processing.

Honors

In 2001, on the 80th anniversary, the Wilmersdorf gardening school was named after Ilse Demme. The gardening school has belonged to the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin since 2001. It is located at Dillenburger Strasse 57 in 14199 Berlin.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charlotte and Wilma - the namesake in the district / ed. from the district office of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin, equal opportunities officer. - Berlin, 2012, pp. 12-13
  2. ↑ Thinking sheet for Ilse Demme in the gardening school of the Wilmersdorf district office in Berlin, around 2000
  3. ↑ Charlotte and Wilma - the namesake in the district / ed. from the district office of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin, equal opportunities officer. - Berlin, 2012, pp. 12-13
personal data
SURNAME Demme, Ilse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 1969
Place of death Berlin