Magdalena Kupfer
Magdalena Kupfer (born October 9, 1910 in Leipzig , † February 25, 2011 in Dresden ) was a German Protestant religious educator . As a politician , she was committed to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (GDR) .
Life
Kupfer studied education, psychology and philosophy at the University of Leipzig . During the time of National Socialism she was a member of the "Bund Deutscher Kriegsgegner" and from 1933 a member of the Confessing Church . After losing her permanent position in the school service, she got a job as a teacher "Springerin all over Saxony" with 19 penal transfers.
After 1945 she became the headmistress in Leukersdorf . Kupfer was a member of the Saxon state parliament from 1946 to 1950 with a mandate from the CDU. At the request of Justice Minister Johannes Dieckmann , she took over the management of the Saxon women's prison in Leipzig-Kleinmeusdorf . She left the CDU in 1950 and gave up her political offices.
From 1951 to 1976 Kupfer was a lecturer in education and psychology at the Evangelical Lutheran Diakonenhaus Moritzburg as well as a member of the Saxon regional synod and the synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany . She also worked as a speaker at the Evangelical Academy in Meißen . She was the first deaconess in the community of Moritzburg deacons. In 1997 she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.
literature
- Ursula August, Jutta Schumann: Magdalena Kupfer (* 1910). In: Annebelle Pithan (ed.): Religious educators of the 20th century , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht. Göttingen 1997 ISBN 3-525-61175-7 pp. 178-193 (digitized version )
Web links
- 100th birthday of Magdalena Kupfer MdL retired on the website of the Saxon Union from October 15, 2010
Individual evidence
- ^ Family advertisement in the Sächsische Zeitung
- ↑ Life picture of a centenarian by Deacon i. R. Roland Lorenz, Dresden, and from the coffin celebration for Magdalena Kupfer.
- ↑ Annebelle Pithan: Religious Educators of the 20th Century . P. 185
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Copper, Magdalena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious educator and politician (CDU) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 2011 |
| Place of death | Dresden |