Lisa Tetzner

Lisa Tetzner (10 November 1894 in Zittau, Saxony – 2 July 1963 in Carona, Switzerland) was a German-born Swiss children's book writer known for her work with fairy-tales.

They fled to Switzerland in 1933 to escape the Nazis and in 1948 became Swiss citizens.

Her book, Die schwarzen Brüder was published in 1941.

The Swiss censored her work fearing it may antagonise the wartime German government.

[2] Later her "socialist fairy-tales" became popular in East Germany.

A plaque in Zittau noting her place of birth