Sophie Liebknecht

Born in Rostov-on-Don, Sophie was educated in Imperial Germany, where she became a lecturer and art historian.

The members of the Liebknecht family were alarmed by the rise of the Nazi Party in the 1930s, and, fearing for their lives under the fascist regime established by Adolf Hitler, chose to emigrate during this era.

The Russian-born Sophie left for the Soviet Union in 1934 and settled in Moscow, where she lived for the remaining decades of her life.

Her funeral in 1964 was attended by Robert and Wilhelm, Sophie Liebknecht's stepsons from Karl's first marriage.

This biography article about a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is a stub.