Hedda Korsch


Hedda Korsch was an educationalist and university professor.
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.
Hedda was a founding member of the Communist Party of Germany. 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.