Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin

Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin
Member of the Bundestag
In office
1987–1990
Personal details
Born(1941-02-25)25 February 1941
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityGerman
Political partyAlliance '90/The Greens

Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin (25 February 1941) is a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party and later in life of Alliance '90/The Greens. She is the sister of Israeli historian Tom Segev.

Life

Born and raised in Jerusalem to Jewish refugees from Germany, Oesterle-Schwerin's father Heinz Schwerin was killed in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and her mother Ricarda was a photographer. She studied Interior design in Stuttgart and graduated in 1969, and in 1974 became a member of Social Democratic Party (SPD). In 1980, (NATO Double-Track Decision), she left German party SPD and became 1983 a member of German party Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1987 to 1990 she was member of German Bundestag for Alliance '90/The Greens.[1] On 28 November 1989, she objected to German reunification, stating that there was not a single sensible reason for German unity.[2] Until 2008 Oesterle-Schwerin worked as a freelance architect in Berlin.

See also

References

  1. ^ Alliance '90/The Greens:Green member in Bundestag Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Michael Borchard (1 October 2008). "Schlaglichter der deutschen Einheit. Eine kommentierte Chronik(1987-1990)". kas.de (in German). Konrad Adenauer Foundation. p. 30.
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