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'.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources (Haus der Geschichte/LeMO, demokratiegeschichten.de, EMMA, Parlamentarischer Rat website) corroborate the commission, timeframe, and the unique joint portrait of the four 'Mothers of the Basic Law.' Minor imprecision in end-date framing does not affect core substance. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.525 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial on Haus der Geschichte's Erna Wagner-Hehmke photo collection is the common archival source underlying most reporting, but multiple independent outlets (EMMA, demokratiegeschichten.de) provide separate editorial confirmation of the same facts (upstreams: Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (photo archive/collection)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- 75 Jahre Grundgesetz. Eine Publikationsgeschichte (seed:culture_and_philosophy)
- https://www.hdg.de/haus-der-geschichte/ausstellungen/beobachtungen-der-parlamentarische-rat-1948/49-fotografien-von-erna-wagner-hehmke (corroboration)
- https://www.hdg.de/lemo/biografie/erna-wagner-hehmke.html (corroboration)
- https://www.demokratiegeschichten.de/erna-wagner-hehmke-wie-zeigt-man-demokratie/ (corroboration)
- https://www.emma.de/artikel/der-maennerstaat-340527 (corroboration)
- https://www.parlamentarischerrat.de/erna_wagner-hehmke_908.html (corroboration)