Hilde Schramm ( Speer; 17 April 1936) is a German politician for
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...
(''Bündnis 90/Die Grünen''). Internationally she is best known as the daughter of the German architect and high-ranked
Nazi Party official
Albert Speer
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (; ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, he ...
(1905–1981), and the younger sister of
Albert Speer Jr. (1934–2017).
Biography
As a teenager, Schramm was awarded an
American Field Service scholarship to study in the United States. The US government initially refused her a visa, but reversed its decision in the face of publicity, including offers of hospitality from several families (some of them
Jewish).
Schramm became a prominent European political figure who distinguished herself for helping victims of
anti-semitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism.
Antis ...
and
Nazi atrocities. In 1994, she was awarded the Moses Mendelssohn Award from
Berlin for her work. Schramm is active in politics, and has been a leader of the
Green Party in Berlin. She has served as member of the Berlin House of Representatives from 1985 to 1987 and 1989 to 1991 and its Vice President between 1989 and 1990.
Schramm had a lengthy correspondence with her father while he was in
Spandau Prison, from which he was released in October 1966.
References
External links
Hilde Schramm in an interview: 'I feel ashamed'
1936 births
Living people
German sociologists
Alliance 90/The Greens politicians
Albert Speer
20th-century German women politicians
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