Photographer Erna Wagner-Hehmke documented the work of the Parliamentary Council on the Basic Law text from September 1948 to June 1949, including portraits of its 'fathers' and four 'mothers'.
Sources
- 75 Jahre Grundgesetz. Eine Publikationsgeschichte (blog.dnb.de)
- https://www.hdg.de/haus-der-geschichte/ausstellungen/beobachtungen-der-parlamentarische-rat-1948/49-fotografien-von-erna-wagner-hehmke (hdg.de)
- https://www.hdg.de/lemo/biografie/erna-wagner-hehmke.html (hdg.de)
- https://www.demokratiegeschichten.de/erna-wagner-hehmke-wie-zeigt-man-demokratie/ (demokratiegeschichten.de)
- https://www.emma.de/artikel/der-maennerstaat-340527 (emma.de)
- https://www.parlamentarischerrat.de/erna_wagner-hehmke_908.html (parlamentarischerrat.de)
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