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Neues Deutschland, 4 Juni 1953, S. 1: Frauendelegationen zum Weltkongreß verabschiedet

Neues Deutschland, 4 Jun 1953, p. 1: Women's delegations seen off to the World Congress

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Neues Deutschland, 4 June 1953, p. 1: picture caption 'Frauendelegationen zum Weltkongreß verabschiedet'. Delegates from Burma, Indonesia, Austria, the GDR and China were formally seen off in Berlin to the World Congress of Women in Copenhagen (opening 5 June); the photo shows Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher with the Chinese leader Li Teh-chuan. Indonesia is named only as one delegation; no Indonesian names or Gerwani.

Neues Deutschland, 4 Juni 1953, hlm. 1: keterangan foto 'Frauendelegationen zum Weltkongreß verabschiedet'. Delegasi dari Birma, Indonesia, Austria, RDJ, dan Tiongkok dilepas secara resmi di Berlin menuju Kongres Perempuan Sedunia di Kopenhagen (dibuka 5 Juni); foto menunjukkan Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher bersama pemimpin delegasi Tiongkok Li Teh-chuan. Indonesia hanya disebut sebagai salah satu delegasi; tanpa nama orang Indonesia atau Gerwani.

“Zusammen mit den Delegierten aus Birma, Indonesien, Österreich und der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik wurde am Mittwoch in Berlin die Frauendelegation der Volksrepublik China [...] feierlich verabschiedet.”

People

Wilhelmine Schirmer-PröscherLi DequanHilde BenthinElisa Branco

Organisations

Democratic Women's League of GermanyWomen's International Democratic Federation

Places

BerlinCopenhagenIndonesiaMyanmarAustriaChinaHamburgSão Paulo

Events

WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingspeace and anti-imperialismUSSR and Eastern Europe

Tags

photo reportreception

Details

Date
1953-06-04
Creator
Neues Deutschland
Publication
Neues Deutschland
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
Access
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)
Frauendelegationen zum Weltkongreß verabschiedet. (1953, June 4). Neues Deutschland, 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)/Neues Deutschland (1953-06-04) - p. 1, Frauendelegationen zum Weltkongreß verabschiedet [ZEFYS DDR-Presse].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (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)
Summary basis
full page OCR read; relevant article transcribed and translated

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