Lilly Becher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lilly Becher

German writer

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1901

Place of Birth: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1978

Profession: writer, biographer, resistance fighter, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Lilly Becher (née Korpus, 27 January 1901, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia – 20 September 1978, Berlin) was a German writer, journalist, and communist activist. Noted as one of the first anti-Nazi writers to produce documentary work dealing with the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany during the 1930s, Lilly Becher was the wife of noted writer Johannes Becher and achieved significant recognition in East Germany as a writer in her own right.