Edith Hoffmann (2) (1929–)

Edith Hoffmann (* as Edith Ludewig on September 7, 1929 in Dresden ) is a German prehistorian .

Edith Hoffmann became a member of the FDJ after the Second World War . In 1948 she passed her high school diploma and was then until 1950 a member of the FDJ state executive committee of Saxony. In 1948 she became a member of the CDU and 1949/50 worked full-time on the CDU state executive committee. In 1950, Hoffmann began studying German and pre- and early history at the University of Leipzig (KMU). In 1954 she passed the state examination and became a scientific assistant, 1959 scientific senior assistant at the Institute for Pre- and Early History of SMEs. The doctorate took place in March 1959 with a thesis on the subject of Die Bandkeramik in Sachsen, Appraisers were Friedrich Behn and Gerhard Mildenberger . In the same year she left the CDU, in 1966 she joined the SED . In September 1968, Hoffmann became a lecturer in prehistory and early history at the SME, where in April 1979 also the doctorate B with Rigobert Günther , Werner Berthold and Heinz Grünert with the work investigations on the agrarian revolution of the productive forces in the Middle Easttook place. From September 1979 to 1989 Hoffmann taught as a full professor of prehistory and early history at the SME. Between 1983 and 1988 she led the science section Prehistory / Ancient History of the University there. In 1989 she became emeritus. Hoffmann was awarded the banner of the work , III. Level, excellent.