Marguerite Kuczynski
| Marguerite Kuczynski | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marguerite Steinfeld 5 December 1904 Bischheim, Elsaß-Lothringen, Germany |
| Died | 15 January 1998 Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Economist Writer Translator |
| Spouse(s) | Jürgen Kuczynski |
| Children | Madeleine Peter Thomas |
Marguerite Kuczynski (born Marguerite Steinfeld: 5 December 1904 – 15 January 1998) was a European economist and literary scholar. She was born and died in Germany, although some of her most productive and (especially for English language readers) best documented years were spent in England where she also achieved some notability as a feminist campaigner.
Marguerite Steinfeld was born in Bischheim, a small town just to the north of Strasbourg, and at that time part of Germany. When she was 14 the entire region was transferred to France. Steinfeld trained initially, to work as a teacher. By 1920 she was studying at the Brookings School in Washington DC where an early influence was the eminent statistician Ethelbert Stewart. It was also at the Brookings that she got to know Jürgen Kuczynski. They subsequently worked together and on 18 September 1928 they were married. In 1927 she had taken a position as a research assistant at the New York based, and then recently established National Bureau of Economic Research, but in summer 1929 the two of them returned to Europe and set up home together in Berlin.
In January 1933 the NSDAP (Nazi party) took power and lost little time in setting up a one party state in Germany. Membership of political parties (other than of the Nazi Party) became illegal, and the ban on political parties was enforced with particular effect in respect of (former) Communist Party members. During the next few years it would also become clear that the strident anti-Semitism which had featured in Nazi rhetoric during that party's years in opposition would be integrated into government policy. During 1933 many German communists were arrested and imprisoned, while others left the country to avoid the same fate. Sources indicate that as early as February/March 1933 the Kuczynskis discussed following other family members into emigration, but at this point they decided to stay in Germany and participate in anti-fascist resistance. Eventually, in January 1936, emigration could be put off no longer, however, and the couple moved to England.
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