Käthe Schaub

Käthe Schaub (born Katharina Krämer; 15 April 1892 – 26 September 1973) was a German politician (SPD). Between 1947 and 1962, she was a member of the regional parliament ("Landtag") of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Life Provenance and early years Käthe Krämer was born in Hüttersdorf, a small town in the hills to the north of Saarlouis. Her mother was young and at that time unmarried. In order to support herself and her daughter she worked as a domestic servant, while Käthe spent the early part of her childhood living with her grandparents and with other relatives. Käthe Schaub was one of approximately 5,000 people arrested in the context of what later came to be known as Aktion Gitter.

Käthe Schaub died towards the end of September 1982 at Dortmund-Lütgendortmund. One source gives the date of her death as 27 September 1972,