Martha Harpf

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Stumbling block for Martha Harpf in Wiesbaden

Martha Harpf née Brisch (born April 7, 1874 in Graudenz ; † December 12, 1942 in Auschwitz concentration camp ) was a German merchant , politician ( DDP , SPD ) and a victim of National Socialism .

Life

Martha Brisch was the eldest daughter of a Jewish religion teacher. In 1890 she married the evangelical musician Hans Harpf from Königsberg, against the will of the family, at the age of 16 and became non-denominational. In the following years, the couple lived in Lübeck, Mainz and Cologne, where Martha Harpf founded her own business in 1892 to recruit domestic workers. In 1896 the family moved to Königsberg and Hans Harpf took over his father's music business there. The company received the Electrola general agency for East Prussia . Martha Harpf had three daughters.

Martha Harpf was a women's rights activist and initially belonged to the DDP and then switched to the SPD. After the November Revolution she was city councilor for the DDP from 1918, and later for the SPD in Königsberg. From 1921 to 1925 she was a member of the provincial parliament of the province of East Prussia for the constituency of Königsberg (Königsberg-Stadt) and the SPD .

After the National Socialists came to power , Martha Harpf came into the focus of the new rulers both because of her political commitment and because of her Jewish origins. The business was boycotted and later had to be abandoned. The Harpf couple moved to Wiesbaden, where Hans Harpf died in 1935. In September 1942 she was arrested and taken to the police prison in Wiesbaden. She was later deported to Auschwitz , where she was murdered on December 12, 1942.

See also

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  • Norbert Korfmacher: Provisional list of members of the East Prussian Provincial Parliament 1919 to 1933, 2018, p. 22, digitized
  • biography
personal data
SURNAME Harp, Martha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brisch, Martha (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businesswoman and politician (DDP, SPD), Member of the Parliament
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Graudenz
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1942
Place of death Auschwitz concentration camp