Ilse Thiele

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Ilse Thiele
Thiele in 1987
Chairwoman of the Democratic Women's League of Germany
In office
September 1953 – November 1989
Preceded byElli Schmidt
Succeeded byEva Rohmann
Member of the Volkskammer
In office
1954 – March 1990
Member of the State Council
In office
1971 – January 1990
Personal details
Born
Ilse Neukrantz

4 November 1920
Berlin, Germany
Died10 January 2010(2010-01-10) (aged 89)
Berlin, Germany
Political party
SpouseHeinz Thiele (1913–2002)[1]
Children3
OccupationPolitician

Ilse Thiele (4 November 1920 – 10 January 2010) was an East German politician.[2] She was a member of the powerful Central Committee of the country's ruling SED (party) between 1954 and 1989.[2] She served as the Chair of the national Democratic Women's League from 1953 till 1989.[2][3]

Life

Early years

Ilse Neukrantz was born in

stenographer by court.[2]

Politicised housewife

The

contentious merger of the old Communist Party with the Moderate-left SPD paved the way for a return to one-party government, and Thiele was one of the thousands of Communist Party members who quickly took the opportunity to sign their membership over to the new Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED / Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands).[2]

Still working as a stenographer with various employers, in 1946, she joined the Trade Unions Federation (FDGP / Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund). Between 1948 and 1950 she served as a local councilor with responsibility for social affairs in Berlin-Lichtenberg. Between 1946 and 1952, she was also a member of the party leadership team in Lichtenberg. In 1950, she became the Berlin regional secretary for the Democratic Women's League (Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands, DFD). In 1950/51, she also studied at the Karl Marx Party Academy.[2]

Political establishment

In 1953, Ilse Thiele succeeded

politically nervous early 1950s.[3]

At the heart of power

In April 1954, Thiele became one of the 91 members of the

reunification.[6]

"With great patience Comrade Walter Ulbricht teaches [us] how to find the way to the heart and to the mind of every woman.”
"Genosse Walter Ulbricht lehrt, mit großer Geduld den Weg zum Herzen und zum Verstand jeder Frau zu finden."
Ilse Thiele quoted in 1961[3]

From 1954 through till

fixed quota
of seats in the Volkskammer.

DFD and the GDR WIDF
representative (Cairo airport, 1967)

In 1954, she became a member of the Presidium of the

National Front,[7] the organisational alliance of second tier political parties and mass movements used by the SED to manage and, where necessary, control these elements. In 1971, she joined the national Council of State, remaining a member till January 1990.[2]

Internationally, from 1964 till 1989, she was a vice-president of the

Cold war
years, was widely seen as a left-leaning pro-Soviet confederation.

Death

Ilse Thiele died in Berlin early in 2010, a couple of months after her 89th birthday.[2]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ Heinz Thiele: born 11 November 1913, died 30 December 2002, buried Georgen-Parochial-Friedhof 2, 10249 Berlin
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Thiele, Ilse geb. Neukrantz *4.11.1920, † 10.1.2010 Vorsitzende des DFD, Mitglied des Staatsrats" (in German). Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "FRAUENARBEIT: Unter anderen Umständen SOWJETZONE". Der Spiegel (online). 5 April 1961. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ^ Helmut Müller-Enbergs; Horst Laude. "Schmidt, Elli * 9.8.1908, † 30.7.1980SED-Funktionärin, Vorsitzende des DFD". Wer war wer in der DDR? (in German). Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  5. ^ Kasza, Gregory J. (1995): The Conscription Society. Administered Mass Organizations, New Haven/London.
  6. OSA, Budapest. Retrieved 24 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  7. ^ Handbuch der Volkskammer 4. Wahlperiode
  8. ^ Neues Deutschland 7 May 1965
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