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Hilde Schramm

German politician

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Born

Hilde Speer


() 17 April (age&#;88)
NationalityGerman
OccupationPolitician
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Hilde Schramm (néeSpeer; 17 April ) 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 Nazi Party official Albert Speer (–), and the younger sister of Albert Speer Jr. (–).

Biography

As a teenager, Schramm was awarded an American Field Service scholarship to study in the United States.

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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).[1]

Schramm became a prominent European political figure who distinguished herself for helping victims of antisemitism and Nazi atrocities.

In , she was awarded the Moses Mendelssohn Award from Berlin for her work.[2] 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 to and to and its vice president between and [3]

Schramm had a lengthy correspondence with her father while he was in Spandau Prison, from which he was released in October [4][5]

References

  1. ^Sereny, Gitta ().

    Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth (First&#;ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  2. ^Loy, Thomas (9 May ). "Ein Mensch ist mehr als Tochter oder Sohn".

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    Tagesspiegel – Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 September

  3. ^Hamrén, Henrik (17 April ). "Hilde Schramm tells how it really feels to be the daughter of Albert Speer". The Guardian.

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  4. ^Sereny, Gitta (). Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.Gitta Sereny's book "Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth" mentions two visits of Hilde, in company with her brother Albert at the first (followed by a meal at 'superchic' restaurant Horcher's), and the second with her sister Margret (pp.

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    9. –42; Chapter XXIV, "Spandau II" of the Alfred Knopf hardback edition). Hilde brought her new husband Ulf to visit her father in prison two months after their marriage (Ibid. at ). The same chapter documents Hilde's efforts with foreign governments lobbying for his early release.

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    12. A quote from Ibid. at p. "It was the silly season, "but it was infectious," Hilde said. "We let him dream his dreams, and meanwhile got on with it, but it was quite exciting. I think my brothers and sisters were pretty anxious; my mother too, but I less.

    Hilde schramm biography of abraham lincoln author More than a decade later, from to , he served a single term in the U. We respect your privacy. He has not shown that he understood what happened back then. On that same day, he issued a preliminary proclamation that slaves in states rebelling against the Union would be free as of January 1.

    I felt I knew him pretty well, and I liked him."" Gitta Sereny's book documents, thoroughly and throughout, and with Hilde Speer Schramm's assistance, as shown above, an ongoing correspondence with her father.

  12. ^d'Arcy, Abby (11 September ). "Speer's daughter and the Syrian refugees". BBC News, BBC World Service.

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