Waltraut Hennig
Waltraut Hennig (born July 1, 1921 in Greifenhagen ; † March 5, 2015 ) was a German functionary of the FDGB and the GDR block party LDPD . From 1967 to 1986 she was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR .
Life
Hennig, the daughter of a dentist, attended grammar school and graduated from high school for women. From 1941 to 1942 she completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk.
After the Second World War , she worked as a dental assistant in her father's practice. When she met Erich Damerow again in 1946 , who as Lord Mayor of Koethen was a friend of her family, she became a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD). From 1947 to 1948 she took part in a new teacher course in Köthen. From 1948 to 1965 she worked as a teacher, taking the first and second teacher exams in 1951 and 1953. Hennig, from 1962 a student councilor, became a senior student councilor and teacher training officer at the Köthen district council in 1965 .
Hennig was a member of the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) from 1947 . From 1962 to 1967 she was a member of the FDGB district board in Halle and from 1963 to 1967 she was a member of the women's commission of the district board.
From 1967 to 1986 she was a member of the LDPD parliamentary group in the People's Chamber. She was a member of the youth committee. In 1969 she became a member of the women's commission of the LDPD central board and in 1972 a member of the Presidential Council of the GDR Cultural Association .
Waltraut Hennig was married and had one daughter. She lived in Köthen and died at the age of 93.
Awards in the GDR
- Medal for excellent performance
- Pestalozzi medal for faithful service in bronze, silver and gold
- Medal of Merit of the GDR
- 1981 Clara Zetkin Medal
- 1987 Appointment as an honorary member of the Presidential Council of the Kulturbund
literature
- The People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 8th electoral period, Staatsverlag der DDR, Berlin 1982, p. 297.
- Rita Pawlowski (ed.): Our women stand by their husbands. Women in the People's Chamber of the GDR 1950 to 1989. A biographical handbook , trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89626-652-1 , p. 109.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Girls, join a new teacher course ..." . In: The morning of September 1, 1979.
- ^ Obituary notice in the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung from April 25, 2015.
- ↑ Kulturbund awarded high awards . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 11, 1987, p. 5.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hennig, Waltraut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German FDGB functionary and LDPD functionary, MdV |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th March 2015 |