Hilde Schramm ( Speer; 17 April 1936) is a German politician for Alliance 90/The Greens (''Bündnis 90/Die Grünen''). Internationally she is best known as the daughter of the German architect and high-ranked

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official Albert Speer (1905–1981), and the younger sister of

Albert Speer Jr. Albert Speer (; 29 July 1934 – 15 September 2017) was a German architect and urban planner. He was the son of Albert Speer (1905–1981), Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming the office of Minister of Armaments and War Production for ...

(1934–2017).

Biography

As a teenager, Schramm was awarded an

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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

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

ish). Schramm became a prominent European political figure who distinguished herself for helping victims of

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and

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atrocities. In 1994, she was awarded the Moses Mendelssohn Award from

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for her work. Schramm is active in politics, and has been a leader of the

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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

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, 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 {{Germany-sociologist-stub