Wilma Podewin

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Wilma Podewin , née Wilma Ettlich, (born August 29, 1933 in Breslau ; † July 20, 1990 in Berlin ) was a German university professor and long-time member of the People's Chamber of the GDR.

Life

The daughter of an employee completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter from 1951 to 1952 after moving to the Soviet zone of occupation and attending secondary school with a high school diploma from 1951 to 1952 at LOWA Waggonbau Bautzen . She became a member of the FDJ in 1949 and of the FDGB and the Kulturbund in 1951 . From 1951 to 1952 she was a member of the Saxony regional leadership of the FDJ. In 1952 she became a member of the SED . From 1952 to 1957 she studied at the Technical University of Dresden with a degree in engineering.

From 1957 to 1970 she worked as a test and calculation engineer, head of the New Technology office, head of the test department and head of the main research department at VEB Pressen- und Scherenbau Erfurt and VEB Kombinat Umformtechnik Erfurt. From 1966 to 1970 she was a member of the SED city leadership in Erfurt. In 1969 she became a Dr.-Ing. PhD and appointed to the GDR Research Council. From 1970 to 1973 she was a full professor and head of the “Machine Tools” training center at the TH Karl-Marx-Stadt. From 1973 she worked as a full professor of technology and from January 1978 as director of the Institute for University Research at the Berlin-Karlshorst School of Economics .

From 1971 to 1981, as a member of the Kulturbund faction, she was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR and a member of the committee for industry, construction and transport.

Wilma Podewin was called Ettlich until 1973. She was widowed and had one child. After a serious illness, she died at the age of 56.

Awards

literature

  • The People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 6th electoral period, Staatsverlag der DDR Berlin, 1972, p. 252.
  • The People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 7th electoral period, Staatsverlag der DDR Berlin, 1977, p. 483.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Germany of January 28, 1973
  2. ^ Günter Platzdasch: Young woman 1968. In: medium-blog. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
  3. ^ New Germany of January 18, 1978
  4. ^ For the first time as Wilma Podewin in the Berliner Zeitung of December 20, 1974, p. 6.
  5. ↑ For the last time as Wilma Ettlich in Neues Deutschland on January 28, 1973, p. 7.
  6. ^ Obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung from August 6, 1990
  7. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of September 27, 1979
personal data
SURNAME Podewin, Wilma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quite a bit, Wilma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor and member of the People's Chamber
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1990
Place of death Berlin