Born and raised in
Jerusalem to
Jewish refugees from
Germany, Oesterle-Schwerin's father Heinz Schwerin was killed in the
1948 Arab–Israeli War, and her mother Ricarda was a photographer. She studied
Interior design in
Stuttgart and graduated in 1969, and in 1974 became a member of
Social Democratic Party (SPD). In 1980, (
NATO Double-Track Decision), she left German party SPD and became 1983 a member of German party
Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1987 to 1990 she was member of German
Bundestag for
Alliance '90/The Greens. On 28 November 1989, she objected to
German reunification, stating that there was not a single sensible reason for German unity. Until 2008 Oesterle-Schwerin worked as a freelance architect in Berlin. ==See also==