Marianne Hamm
Marianne Hamm von Sahr (born November 10, 1902 in Dresden ; † November 29, 1987 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg ) was a German social worker.
Career
From 1933 Hamm was head of the regional association for Christian women's service in Saxony. After the end of the Second World War, she was entrusted with refugee work in the Mönchengladbach District Synod. She had a refugee children's home built in Niederdorf near Venlo. As a member of the regional synod of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland , she was also charged with looking after refugee camps. She also worked on the board of trustees of the Evangelical Academy in Mülheim an der Ruhr and in the Evangelical Women's Aid. Lecture tours have taken her to the United States, Great Britain and the Netherlands. In 1966 she was the founder and first director of the family home for mothers in Bad Godesberg .
Honors
- 1968: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Marianne Hamm von Sahr: From Germany to Germany. Paths and detours. Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1978, ISBN 3-8035-8006-4 .
- Hartmut Rudolph: Evangelical Church and Expellees 1945 to 1972: Churches without Land. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamm, Marianne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamm von Sahr, Marianne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social worker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1987 |
| Place of death | Bonn-Bad Godesberg |