Franziska Bennemann
German politician (1905–1983)
Franziska Bennemann (née Stellmacher) (January 30, 1905 – August 26, 1986) was a German politician. An anti-Nazi trade unionist, she fled Germany during World War II, and later served in Bundestag from 1953 to 1961.
Biography
She was born in Hermsdorf in Landkreis Friedeberg Nm. (now part of western Poland) in 1905. After her regular schooling, she attended the Landerziehungsheim Walkemühle in Melsungen, where she studied economics, natural sciences, and philosophy from 1925 to 1929. She joined the Sozialistische Arbeiter-Jugend (Socialist Working Youth) and the SPD in 1923. She joined the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund in 1926, and led a youth group there from 1929 to 1931. Her anti-Nazi work caused her to lose jobs. She continued to distribute illegal ISK literature, and moved to Berlin in 1938 and attended a technical school.
She knew Otto Bennemann from the Walkemühle school and ISK, and married him in 1934.
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