Käte Niederkirchner
Käte Niederkirchner | |
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Dr. Niederkirchner (on the left) welcomes one of six working groups from an international delegation of city mayors visiting Berlin on a fact-finding tour, to witness a mothers' advice session at the "Friedrich Wolf" out-patient clinic in Berlin-Lichtenberg
1987 | |
| Born | 30 January 1944 |
| Died | 19 November 2019 |
| Alma mater | Berlin Charité |
| Occupation(s) | Pediatrician Politician |
| Political party | SED PDS |
| Spouse | Jürgen Sima |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Karl Dienstbach (1900-1977: aka "Karl Appel") Mia Niederkirchner (1911-1982) |
Käte Niederkirchner (born Käte Appel or Käte Dienstbach: 30 January 1944 - 19 November 2019) was a German politician (SED / PDS) and pediatrician. In 1967 she became the youngest member of the East German parliament ("Volkskammer"). Her life was impacted by having been born with a famous aunt, the Communist resistance activist Käthe Niederkirchner who was killed by Nazi paramilitaries at Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944, and who was posthumously much celebrated by East Germany's political leadership.