Helene Demuth

Helene "Lenchen" Demuth (* 31 December 1820 in Sankt Wendel, Saarland; ? 4 November 1890 in London) was the lady housekeeper of Jenny and Karl Marx. Helene Demuth came 1837 as a housemaid into the house of the government advice Johann Ludwig von Westphalen into Trier. As Jenny of Westphalen, the daughter of the house, 1843 Karl Marx married, pulled Helene with the recent pair. It stood for them lifelong as lady housekeeper, friend and political Mitstreiterin to the side. To 23 June 1851 Helene Demuth gave birth to a boy, however never revealed the name of the father. The small Frederick Lewis Demuth (1851−1929) was given to a Londoner care family. Later Friedrich Engels the paternity from Frederick recognized years to probably help in order Karl Marx from the embarrassment. The rumors and speculations over Marx' paternity found thereby however no end. After Marx ' death in the year 1883 Helene Demuth moved to Engels' home, who she led from now on the household. Together with it it arranged Marx ' historical deduction. In October 1890 she got sick with cancer and died on 4 November. When desired of Jenny Marx it in the family grave of the family Marx one buried.

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* http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/bio/family/demuth/index.htm
* http://marxmyths.org/terrell-carver/article.htm