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Rosa ("Rosel") Lettner (born Heisch ; born October 4, 1903 in Lützen ; † July 3, 1980 ) was a German politician ( KPD / SED ) and a woman official. She was the first chairwoman of the Democratic Women's Association of Germany (DFD) in the Halle district .

Life

Lettner was born the daughter of a bricklayer . After attending primary school , she worked as a maid and worker in a celluloid factory in Leipzig. Lettner joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) as early as 1920 during the Weimar Republic and ran for the Reichstag in 1933. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists, she was imprisoned from March to October 1933.

After 1945, Lettner was a co-founder of the women's anti-fascist committee and employee of the city administration of Lützen. In 1946 she became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and later worked as an instructor for women's work in the SED district leadership in the VEB Mansfeld Combine . From 1959 to 1964 she was first chairwoman of the DFD district board in Halle (successor to Hildegard Wunder). She was also a member of the district assembly and a member of the SED district leadership. After she was replaced by Ingeborg Hornbogen, she held the position of deputy chairwoman of the DFD district board in Halle for a few years.

Lettner last lived in Stolberg (Harz) .

Awards

literature

  • Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 2: Lexicon of Organizations and Institutions, Do-It-Yourself Movement - Customs Administration of the GDR (= rororo-Handbuch. Vol. 6349). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16349-7 , p. 191.
  • Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 205.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 475 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver . In: Neues Deutschland , October 6, 1973, p. 4.
  2. ↑ ZK congratulates Comrade Rosa Lettner . In: Neues Deutschland from October 4, 1978.
  3. ↑ Honor roll . In: Neues Deutschland , March 8, 1958, p. 3.
  4. ^ New Germany , October 6, 1962, p. 4.
  5. ^ New Germany , October 6, 1973, p. 4.
  6. ↑ Neues Deutschland , April 29, 1978, p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Rood screen, pink
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heisch, Rosa (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (KPD / SED), DFD functionary
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Lützen
DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 1980