Lilo Milchsack
Lilo Milchsack CBE | |
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![]() Lilo Milchsack | |
Born | Lisalotte Duden 27 May 1905 Frankfurt, Germany |
Died | 7 August 1992 , Germany | (aged 87)
Nationality | German |
Known for | Improving post-war Anglo-German relations |
Spouse | Hans Milchsack |
Lisalotte Milchsack
Life
Lisalotte Duden was born in
The association
The first meeting of the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft was in March 1949 in Wittlaer.[3] This Anglo-German Association was assisted by six leading German citizens: the teacher Theo Albeck, Headteacher Anne Franken, Prof. Dr Haas from Essen, Prof. Dr Emil Lehnartz of Münster, the painter Georg Muche, and the lawyer Dr Dietrich Stein.[4] Robert Birley went on to be the headmaster at Eton College, but he continued to take an interest.
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This organisation created the Königswinter Conference in 1950 which is an annual conference for decision makers from both countries. The conference, and its successors, took its name from the German riverside town of Königswinter where the first fourteen were located at the Adam-Stegerwald-Haus.[5] The cost of the conference was partly met by Milchsack and her husband.[6] The conference was chaired by Birley and later by Milchsack. The conference attracted Hans von Herwarth, ex soldier, General Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, future German President Richard von Weizsäcker and other leading German decision makers as well as leading British politicians like Denis Healey, Richard Crossman and the journalist Robin Day.[7]
Milchsack was increasingly honoured. She was given the
Death and legacy
Milchsack died in Düsseldorf on 7 August 1992, aged 87. The conference continues and it has been copied by other countries.[7] The politician and journalist Bill Deedes called her "one of the architects of post-war Europe"[5] whilst The Independent said she was the "Queen of Anglo-German relations".[2] Nigel Nicolson said she was "one of the most remarkable women of my generation...who turned hatred into friendship".[7]
References
- ^ "HONORARY KNIGHTS AND DAMES". 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Lilo Milchsack, Obituary, Anthony Glees, 22 October 2011, The Independent, Retrieved 25 November 2015
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 26 Nov 2015
- ^ History of the German-British Society, debrige.de, Retrieved 26 November 2015
- ^ ISBN 978-0-330-54130-5.
- ^ a b Koengswinter Conference summary 2015, Debrige.de, retrieved 26 November 2015
- ^ a b c Long Life: Presiding Genius, Nigel Nicolson, 15 August 1992, The Spectator, Retrieved 28 November 2015