Franziska Kessel

Franziska Kessel (6 January 1906, in Cologne – 23 April 1934, in Mainz) was a German politician.

After the party was made illegal, she joined the underground, was arrested, and subsequently died in jail.

She was close to leftist groups and, in 1926, she joined the Communist Party of Germany.

She spent one year in jail under the charge of high treason, was freed, and in July 1932 became the deputy of the Reichstag.

After the Nazi seizure of power, in March 1933 the party was outlawed, and Kessel became active in the Communist underground.