Hanna Hertz
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Grave in the forest cemetery Zehlendorf in Berlin
Hanna Hertz (born December 19, 1886 in Pfungstadt as Johanna Loeb-Gernsheimer ; † March 28, 1973 in Amherst ) was a German author and translator .
As a member of the SPD since 1907, she was active in the social democratic women's movement. As an author , she wrote about feminist debates on housework, among other things . In the 1920s she worked as a translator from Russian into German, for example through texts by Ilja Ehrenburg . She later worked as an assistant for her husband Paul Hertz (1888–1961).
At the end of 1939 she emigrated to the United States with her husband and two children ; they had meanwhile been expatriated and expropriated by the National Socialists .
literature
- Peter Lösche (Ed.): Keep from being forgotten. Life paths of Weimar Social Democrats. Colloquium, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-7678-0741-6 , p. 148.
Web links
- Paul Hertz Papers - context page in the International Institute for Social History with articles and translations by Hanna Hertz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hertz, Hanna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loeb-Gernsheimer, Johanna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pfungstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1973 |
| Place of death | Amherst |