Helene Overlach

Helene Overlach
Helene Overlach
	Overlach c. 1928
Member of the Reichstag ; for Düsseldorf East
	In office; 1 July 1928 – 28 February 1933
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	10 July 1894; Greiz, Principality of Reuss-Greiz, German Empire
Died	7 August 1983 (aged 89); East Berlin, East Germany
Party	KPD (1920–1946); SED (after 1946)
Children	Hanna
Parent	Martin Overlach (father);
Occupation	Politician; Activist; Party Functionary; Journalist; Education Administrator;
	Central institution membership 1929–1932: Candidate member,; KPD Politburo ; 1927–1935: Full member,; KPD Central Committee ;

Helene Overlach (19 July 1894 – 7 August 1983) was a German Communist party official and politician. Unusually for a woman at that time, between 1928 and 1933 she served as a member of the German parliament ("Reichstag") in Berlin, representing Electoral District 22 (Düsseldorf East). During the Hitler years her relatively high political profile before 1933 earned her the close attention of the security services. She survived, despite spending much of the time during those twelve years in prisons and concentration camps: her health was badly affected.