Anna Zammert

Anna Zammert (given name Anna Rabe, July 12, 1898 - December 13, 1982) was a German politician in the SPD party and union member.

Life As a child, Anna Zammert worked for her father's business, an independent cigar manufacturer. After finishing primary school she wanted to become a maid, however following the beginning of the first World War, she had to start work in a leather factory. Later she also worked in a coal mine and in road construction.

After the rise to power of National Socialism in 1933, in April she was imprisoned for 6 months because of her political activism. As she continued being followed by the Gestapo, in 1935 she fled together with her husband to Denmark. From there she immigrated to Norway in 1936. When it was occupied by Germany in 1940, she was imprisoned again. Upon her release, she fled once more to Sweden. From 1943 to 1945 she was a board member of the national group of German trade unionists in Sweden.