Dora Zimmermann

„I met a very, very nice man and married quickly. I had a real home there. That is how it goes. And you can look away and be quiet and not do any propaganda.““ Dora Zimmermann about her life after ∇. Dora Zimmermann (* 1920 in Berlin née Dora Anlauf ) was a human being who lived on the Platz as a child. Her father was the SchuPo Paul Anlauf, who was fatally wounded in the police murders of 1931.
===∇===
Dora Zimmermann and her older sister grew up with their parents at Hankestrasse 7 in what is now the building at Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 39/41. Her father ran the police station in the basement of the house. As a child, she was witnessing the clashes between communists and the police from her window. Her mother died on July 15, 1931 and a few weeks later, on August 9, 1931, her father was shot in front of the Babylon by Erich Mielke and Erich Ziemer. The night before, her father had warned her not to go to the window due to the uneasy atmosphere in the square. She did not hear about the shooting at the time of the incident. Interview in Berlin Ecke Volksbühne (documentary film D: Britta Wauer, 2005) Dora Zimmermann was 11 years old at the time.
===After ∇===
After the death of both of her parents, Dora Zimmermann was able to stay with her older sister. She attended a convent school and then did an apprenticeship as an accountant. In the GDR she was employed at the Humboldt University.
From 1992 Dora Zimmermann appeared as a joint plaintiff in the trial against Erich Mielke for the murder of her father.
In 2005 she appeared as a contemporary witness in the documentary "Berlin Ecke Volksbühne".
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