Emmy Kaemmerer (21 May 1890 – 1976) was a German

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, representative of the

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. She also went by the names Emmy Leonhard, Elisa Kaemmerer, Emmy de Jäger, Alida de Jäger, Alida Leonhard, and Alida von Leonhard Kämmerer. Kaemmerer was born in

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. In 1919–20, she was a member of the

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. Kaemmererer's partner was

Edo Fimmen Eduard Carl Fimmen (18 June 1881, Nieuwer-Amstel – 14 December 1942, Cuernavaca), also known as Edo Fimmen, was a Dutch trade unionist. Early life Fimmen was born in Nieuwer-Amstel on 18 June 1881. His father was a merchant, Eduard Hermann Joh ...

and they had two daughters together, Elisa and Alida. She died in Switzerland in 1976.

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1890 births 1976 deaths Members of the Hamburg Parliament Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub