Brigitte Böttcher, former specialist physiotherapist for psychosocial medicine in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). She completed her education as a physiotherapist in the GDR in the 1960s at the state technical college at Heinrich Braun Hospital in Zwickau and then worked in the inpatient and outpatient sectors in Dresden for many years. Because of her great interest in the history of physiotherapy in her home region of Saxony and in the GDR in general, she has built up what is probably the largest collection of materials relating to this history in Germany. She was also the initiator of Physio-In e.V., an association concerned with developing new perspectives for community-oriented physiotherapy inspired by historical predecessors.