Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach

[1] She became known as a skillful and wealthy career woman but also for her style, blonde hair and good looks.

[2] Kressmann-Zschach's second marriage was to Willy Kressmann, mayor of the affluent Berlin-Kreuzberg district.

It allowed her to enter Berlin 'society' and she was able to obtain first hand information about new construction projects.

[1] The project caused continual scandal as costs escalated and eventually Kressman-Zschach's development company went bankrupt.

[2] However, in the same year Kressmann-Zschach took her staff on an expenses-paid trip to New York, in return for their commitment to stay with the company for a certain period.