Martha Else Meyer
Martha Else Meyer (* 1913 in Hamburg ; † June 27, 2007 in Winterhude , Hamburg) was the first wife of Axel Caesar Springer .
The daughter of a master builder married Springer in November 1933, one month before their child was born. According to her memory, the marriage was divorced in 1938, according to the file list of the Altona District Court in 1939. Since Meyer was considered a “ half-Jew ” according to the Nuremberg race laws , maintaining the marriage could have meant a professional ban for Springer, who was then deputy editor-in-chief of the Altonaer Nachrichten .
After the war she married the merchant Fred Funke, whom she had met in 1939, and was then known as Dicky Funke . According to her own statements, she maintained a friendly relationship with Springer, who gave her an apartment and money, until his death.
Web links
- Katja Strube: Axel Springer: man with the biggest heart. In: taz . July 14, 2007 (On the death of Dicky Funke).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Katja Strube: Axel Springer: Man with the biggest heart. In: taz . July 14, 2007, accessed March 22, 2020 .
- ^ Karl Christian Führer: Media metropolis Hamburg. Media publics 1930–1960 . Dölling and Galitz, Munich and Hamburg 2008, p. 347.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Martha Else |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spark, Dicky (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first wife of Axel Springer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 2007 |
| Place of death | Winterhude , Hamburg |