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Berliner Zeitung, 4 June 1953, S. 1: Als Friedensboten zum Weltkongreß

Berliner Zeitung, 4 Jun 1953, p. 1: As messengers of peace to the World Congress

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Berliner Zeitung, 4 June 1953, p. 1: ADN report 'Als Friedensboten zum Weltkongreß' on the send-off in Berlin of the GDR women's delegation to the World Congress of Women in Copenhagen. It was seen off together with delegates from China, Burma, Indonesia and Austria; the Indonesian delegates are unnamed. Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher and WIDF's Beatrice Johnson speak. The same page notes the resignation of Indonesia's Wilopo government.

Berliner Zeitung, 4 Juni 1953, hlm. 1: laporan ADN 'Als Friedensboten zum Weltkongreß' tentang pelepasan delegasi perempuan DDR ke Kongres Perempuan Sedunia di Kopenhagen. Delegasi dilepas bersama delegasi dari Tiongkok, Birma, Indonesia, dan Austria; delegasi Indonesia tidak disebut namanya. Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher dan Beatrice Johnson dari WIDF berpidato. Halaman yang sama memuat berita mundurnya kabinet Wilopo di Indonesia.

“Zusammen mit den Delegierten aus der Volksrepublik China, aus Birma, Indonesien und Österreich wurde Mittwoch in Berlin die Frauendelegation der DDR, die an dem am 5. Juni in Kopenhagen beginnenden Weltkongreß der Frauen teilnimmt, feierlich verabschiedet.”

People

Wilhelmine Schirmer-PröscherBeatrice JohnsonEdith BaumannNina PopovaWilopoSukarno

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationDemocratic Women's League of GermanySoviet Women's Committee

Places

BerlinCopenhagenIndonesiaChinaMyanmarAustriaJakarta

Events

WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen

Tags

receptionwire report

Details

Date
1953-06-04
Creator
Berliner Zeitung
Publication
Berliner Zeitung
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper page (full page PDF; relevant article identified in summary))
Language
German
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
East Germany
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
ZEFYS DDR-Presse (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) · source link
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ZEFYS DDR-Presse (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), free login required; copyrighted GDR newspaper; personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
Citation (APA)
Als Friedensboten zum Weltkongreß. (1953, June 4). Berliner Zeitung, p. 1. Retrieved from ZEFYS DDR-Presse, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/East German press (1948-1993) - Neues Deutschland, Berliner Zeitung and Neue Zeit on Gerwani and Indonesian women (ZEFYS DDR-Presse)/Berliner Zeitung (1953-06-04) - p. 1, Als Friedensboten zum Weltkongreß [ZEFYS DDR-Presse].pdf
OCR / text
Good (Tesseract OCR (deu), Oct 2026) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › East German press (1948-1993) - Neues Deutschland, Berliner Zeitung and Neue Zeit on Gerwani and Indonesian women (ZEFYS DDR-Presse)
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full page OCR read; relevant article transcribed and translated

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