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Maria Rentmeister
German political activist, Women's and cultural policy maker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Rentmeister (27 January 1905 – 10 May 1996) was a German Women's and cultural policy maker - who became an anti-government resistance activist after 1933. She spent much of the time during the twelve Nazi years abroad or, later, in state detention. In 1945 she relocated to what now became the Soviet occupation zone (after October 1949 East Germany) where she became the first General Secretary of the politically important Democratic Women's League ("Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands" / DFD). [1]
Maria Rentmeister | |
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![]() Rentmeister in 1946 | |
Born | 27 January 1905 |
Died | 10 May 1996 (1996-05-11) (aged 91) Berlin, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | Party activist Politician Senior Party official General Secretary of the DFD |
Political party | KPD / SED / PDS |
Spouse(s) | 1. Wilhelm Bettinger 2. Fritz Rettmann (1902-1981) |
Partner | Wilhelm Beuttel (1900-1944) |
Parent(s) | _____ Rentmeister Katharina Rentmeister ("Die rote Käthe") |
Since the 2020s, Maria Rentmeister's life, work and achievements have been researched in more depth in contemporary German historiography of the post-war period and highlighted in a number of publications. For this purpose, her extensive legacy in the German Federal Archives in Berlin was also used, as well as radio and film documents. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]