Hanna Wolf

Hanna Wolf (née Haschka; 4 February 1908 – 22 June 1999) was an East German historian and socialist politician. She left Germany in 1932 for the Soviet Union where she became a Soviet citizen. She returned to East Germany in 1947 and held various posts, including rector of Parteihochschule Karl Marx (Party Academy Karl Marx). She was a long-term member of the central committee of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). She was born in Goniądz, Poland, on 4 February 1908. Her father was a rabbi and teacher, and her mother was also a teacher. In 1922 she became a member of the Polish branch of the Young Communist League of Germany. She studied philosophy and history at the University of Berlin. Following her graduation she worked as a teacher. She left the Jewish community in 1927.