Hedda Korsch

Hedda Korsch (née Hedwig Franceska Luisa Gagliardi; August 20, 1890 – July 11, 1982) was an educationalist and university professor.

Hedda at the Marxist Working Week Geraberg 1923. Group photo, standing from left to right: Hede Massing, Friedrich Pollock, Eduard Ludwig Alexander, Konstantin Zetkin, Georg Lukács, Julian Gumperz, Richard Sorge, Karl Alexander (child), Felix Weil, unknown; sitting: Karl August Wittfogel, Rose Wittfogel, unknown, Christiane Sorge, Karl Korsch, Hedda Korsch, Käthe Weil, Margarete Lissauer, Bela Fogarasi, Gertrud Alexander

Hedda was born into a bourgeois family who provided her with an intellectual and artistic background. Her maternal grandmother was Hedwig Dohm, a prominent feminist.[1]

Hedda was a founding member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In the 1920s she taught at the University of Jena. She was involved in experimental schools. She also worked for the Soviet Trade Mission in Berlin. However she was sacked by KPD leaders on account of her relationship with husband Karl Korsch.[2]

References
  1. Mulhern, Francis (2011). Lives on the Left: A Group Portrait. London: Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-84467-798-6.
  2. "Hedda Korsch". www.versobooks.com. Verso. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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