[1] Helen and Anna Adolf were first cousins of writer Leonie Adele Spitzer.
Adolf attended the University of Vienna and graduated in 1923 with her PhD in literature.
At Reclam, she worked on creating publications focused around the history of the German Confederation through the beginning of World War I in Germany.
Outside of working at Reclam, Adolf also wrote poetry and studied subjects like religion and psychology.
She also translated literature, including Sainte Thérèse d'Avila by Jeanne Galzy.
Helen Adolf died on December 13, 1998, aged 102, in State College, Pennsylvania.