Overview
- In the BILD “MayWay” podcast, the former Greens co-leader called her father, sculptor Eckhart Dietz, “not an easy person” whose art left little room for other things.
- She said living with him would likely have brought “much hurt,” describing physical distance as ultimately protective for their relationship.
- Despite separate households, she characterized their connection as very close yet not a classic father–daughter relationship.
- Raised in Nürtingen by her single mother and grandmother, she spent many childhood hours in his studio as he encouraged her toward art.
- Dietz later developed Alzheimer’s and died in January 2019, and she recalls that he followed her legal studies and political path with interest.