Barbara Lüdemann
German politician (1922–1992)
Barbara Lüdemann (née Witte; 28 April 1922 – 20 February 1992) was a German teacher and politician who served in the Bundestag from 1973 until 1976. A member of the Free Democratic Party from Hesse, she became a prominent figure in German family policy, especially with regards to foster care.
Biography
Barbara Witte was born on 28 April 1922 in the city of Wetzlar in Hesse to mining engineer Wilhelm Witte and his wife Hildegard Große-Leege. She joined the Nazi Party on 1 September 1941; her membership number was 8,682,984. She worked on a farm from 1938 to 1942, and studied at the agricultural pedagogical institutes in Dunzig in 1942 and in Dresden from 1944 to 1945. In 1947, she completed her state certification as a teacher of agricultural science, teaching in the towns of Alsfeld, Büdingen, and Grünberg throughout her career, as well as in Wetzlar where she was the senior teacher from 1970 to 1973. She married Christian Lüdemann – the pastor of the town of Schnega – on 14 June 1950, though he died later that year.
Lüdemann joined the Free Democratic Party in 1964. Later that year, she was elected to the Wetzlar District Council, serving until 1976. She became the FDP's deputy leader in the council in 1968.
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