The writer Helga Schubert (“On Getting Up”), who lives near Schwerin, is in Berlin with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Federal Cross of Merit been awarded. The 84-year-old already wrote books in the GDR and worked as a psychotherapist.
Because she was also politically active, she was observed by the Stasi for many years. In 1989 she was among the first demonstrators Berlin. She also took part in the Central Round Table in East Berlin, which paved the way for free elections. Helga Schubert became known to a broad literary audience when she won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2020.
