Martha Israel

Martha Israel (Upper Sorbian: Marta Israelowa; 18 November 1905 – after 1967) was a German clerk and politician of Sorbian ethnicity. She served in the Volkskammer of East Germany from 1963 until 1967 as a member of the Socialist Unity Party and the Democratic Women's League of Germany. Prior to this, she was also a member of the Spremberg city council, and was the secretary of the local branch of the Domowina.

Martha Israel
Marta Israelowa
Portrait by Dieter Dressler, 1965–1966
Member of the Volkskammer
In office
April 1963 – 1967
Personal details
Born(1905-11-18)18 November 1905
Lohsa, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Diedafter 1967 (aged at least 62)
Political party
Children1

Biography

Martha Israel was born on 18 November 1905 in the town of Lohsa, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia in the German Empire. Her family were working-class Sorbs. After completing elementary school, she began working in various professions.[1][2]

In 1947, Israel became involved with the Democratic Women's League of Germany (DFD), in East Germany. She joined the Socialist Unity Party (SED) in 1952, and was elected to the Spremberg city council the following year. She also attended the DFD federal school in Potsdam from 1953 to 1954, and the SED district school in Großräschen in 1961. From 1959 until 1962, Israel was a member of the SED district leadership in Bezirk Cottbus. By 1963, she was a clerk at the Gaskombinat Schwarze Pumpe, and was the secretary of the Domowina association in Kreis Spremberg.[1][2][3][4]

Israel was appointed to the Volkskammer in April 1963 following the resignation of Max Müller, and joined the SED parliamentary group. She was re-elected in the 1963 East German general election as a member of the DFD. While in parliament, she served on the Committee on Labor and Social Policy. Israel left the Volkskammer the end of her term in 1967.[1]

Israel was married with one child. She died sometime after 1967.[1]

Honors and awards

Israel was the recipient of the following honors and awards:[1][3]

  • Badge of Honor of the DFD
  • Clara Zetkin Medal (1964)
  • Medal for Excellent Achievements
  • Medal of Merit of the GDR
  • National Front Badge of Honor

References
  1. Pawlowski, Rita (2008). Unsere Frauen stehen ihren Mann: Frauen in der Volkskammer der DDR 1950 bis 1989 : ein biographisches Handbuch [Our Women Stand Their Ground: Women in the People's Chamber of the GDR, 1950 to 1989: a Biographical Handbook] (in German). Berlin: Trafo Verlagsgruppe. p. 126. ISBN 978-3-89626-652-1. OCLC 277197894.
  2. Elle, Ludwig (2010). Die Domowina in der DDR: Aufbau und Funktionsweise einer Minderheitenorganisation im staalich-administrativen Sozialismus [The Domowina in the GDR: Structure and Functioning of a Minority Organization in State-administrative Socialism] (in German). Domowina-Verlag. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-7420-2176-2.
  3. Wer ist wer?: Das Deutsche who's who [Who is Who?: The German Who's Who] (in German). Vol. 14. Berlin: Arani-Verlag. 1965. p. 141.
  4. Neues Deutschland, 8 March 1964

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