Maria Szécsi

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Marika Szécsi , pseudonym Marie Rapp , (born December 23, 1914 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ; died June 3, 1984 in Vienna ) was an Austrian economist of Hungarian origin.

Life

The childhood friend of the poet Jura Soyfer came from a liberal Jewish family (she was related to Karl Polanyi and Michael Polanyi on her mother's side ). Szécsi began her studies in Vienna and had lived in Cincinnati , Ohio since 1937 with her first husband, the doctor and biochemist Samuel Mitja Rapoport . She studied economics in Cincinnati and Chicago and graduated with a Master's degree. After her divorce from Rapoport, she returned to Austria and was active in the KPÖ under the pseudonym Marie Rapp .

On the occasion of the Hungarian popular uprising of 1956, she exposed herself as a critic of the Soviet approach and, thanks to Ernst Fischer's advocacy, was allowed to publish a corresponding article in the cultural journal Tagebuch on December 15, 1956, but remained isolated within the party and left the KPÖ in May 1957 .

Maria Szécsi then worked in the economics department of the Vienna Chamber of Labor under Eduard März and taught at Webster University, Vienna , from 1982 . She was married to Eduard March for the second time .

Publications

  • (Marie Rapp): America from Jefferson to Eisenhower: Sketch of the history of the United States , Stern Verlag, Vienna 1954
  • The Nazi judiciary in Austria and its victims (together with Karl Stadler ), Herold Verlag Vienna 1962
  • The share of wages in the Austrian national income 1913 to 1967 , Verlag des Österreichischer Gewerbschaftsbundes, Vienna 1970

literature

  • Felix Butschek : Szecsi, Maria. In: Harald Hagemann , Claus-Dieter Krohn (ed.): Biographical handbook of German-speaking economic emigration after 1933. Volume 2: Leichter branch. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11284-X , pp. 709f.
  • Festschrift for Maria Szecsi , Economy and Society, special issue, Vienna 1979
  • Thomas Kroll: Communist Intellectuals in Western Europe. France, Austria, Italy and Great Britain in comparison (1945-1956) Böhlau Cologne 2007 S 355, ISBN 978-3-412-10806-9
  • Felix Butschek: Szecsi, Maria. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 724–726.

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personal data
SURNAME Szécsi, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Szécsi, Marika; Rapp, Marie (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economist of Hungarian origin
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 1984
Place of death Vienna