Leichter, Käthe#
Leichter, Kaethe, b. Vienna, Aug. 20, 1895, d. Ravensbrueck concentration camp (Germany), March 17, 1942, socialist trade unionist, wrote numerous sociopolitical publications, head of women´s affairs at the Vienna Chamber of Labour ( Women's Movement). Militant of the Revolutionary Socialists (Social Democratic Party declared illegal and driven underground in 1934). Betrayed to the gestapo after the flight of her husband Otto Leichter and her two sons, arrested on May 30, 1938 and deported to Ravensbrueck concentration camp.
Publications#
Wie leben die Wr. Heimarbeiter, 1923; Frauenarbeit und Arbeiterinnenschutz in Oe., 1927; Handbuch der Frauenarbeit in Oe., 1930; So leben wir, 1932.Literature#
H. Steiner (ed.), K. L. Leben und Werk, 1973; K. L. zum 100. Geburtstag, 1995; OeBL; NDB.