Ulrike Poppe ( Wick; born 26 January 1953) is a German politician and activist, born in

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

. She was a member of the

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opposition.''Schönhausen Palace: At the Round Table to Democracy''
In
Sites of Unity
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), 2022. In 1982, she founded the "Women for Peace" network and in 1985 joined the

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. In 1989, she joined

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. Poppe was a victim of the

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's psychological warfare program. In 1995, she was awarded the

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and in 2000 the Gustav Heinemann Prize. Since 2001, she has been married to

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. She was previously married to Gerd Poppe from 1979 to 1997.

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Biography (in German)
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:
Piecing Together the Dark Legacy of East Germany's Secret Police
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16.02, 18 January 2008 1953 births Living people People from Rostock People from Bezirk Rostock East German dissidents East German women in politics Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-politician-stub