A feminist who dreamed of a family: Rosa Luxemburg's love stories
'08.03.2019'
Source: lady.mail.ru
5 March March 1871 was born revolutionary Rosalia Luxenburg, known to the world as Rosa Luxemburg. Despite her contribution to the development of women's equality, Luxemburg herself never considered herself a feminist in life and, on the contrary, lived a dream of great love and family happiness.
Ugly and unhappy
Rosalia Luxenburg was born 5 March 1871, in the small town of Zamosc, tells lady.mail.ru. She was the last child in the family of the wood trader Elias Luxenburg and his wife Lin. The future revolutionary was brought up in strictness. Rosalia's parents spoke German and Polish, well versed in the humanities and exact sciences.
From their child, they demanded the same education: the girl graduated from gymnasium, then moved to Switzerland, where she began to study at the University of Zurich.
At the same time, she shortened her name and changed one letter in the last name: Rosalia Luxenburg became Rosa Luxemburg.
In Switzerland, the girl not only received an education, but also learned revolutionary ideas. She spent all of her time participating in the work of a Polish émigré circle, leading propaganda among students. True, despite her passion for radical ideas, 18-year-old Rosa dreamed about something else in her heart: she really wanted to fall in love.
The beauty of Luxembourg was no different. Because of the injury at birth, a dislocation of the hip joint, she has been lame all her life. Rosa had a disproportionate body: a big head, a small body, short legs. The height of the girl was only 150 cm.
Own deformity upset Luxembourg. The girl is very complex. All the flaws disappeared when Rosa came to the podium and told her about the main ideas of the revolution.
“It can be said that the fate destitute her three times: as a woman in a society dominated by men, as a Jewess in an anti-Semitic environment, and as a cripple,” wrote her biographer R. Schneider about Rosa Luxemburg.
Dream of family
In 18 for the first time, Rose fell in love. Her elect became Leo Yogiches - also a revolutionary and a Social Democrat. With him, the girl dreamed of building a family. Alas, Leo was a supporter of free relations and did not want to marry Rosa. She herself dreamed of children, home and happy marriage.
“Own small apartment, own library, joint walks, every summer - a month trip to the village, without any work at all! And maybe even such a small, very tiny baby? Will I never be allowed to do this? Never?".
“Yesterday, a child of three or four years spun under my feet in the Tiergarten ... As if with a thunderbolt, I was struck by the idea of grabbing this kid, quickly running home and leaving him as my own. Ah, dear, will I never have a child? ”Luxembourg wrote to her beloved Leo.
Relationship with Yogiches lasted 16 years. Luxembourg broke up with a man, realizing that he was not ready for family. At the time of the break, Rosa was 34 of the year. A mature, experienced, but unnecessary for marriage woman - by the standards of the beginning of XX century.
Young lovers
Despite her age, Rosa Luxemburg dreamed of meeting a man and building a family with him. The next chosen one is Konstantin Zetkin, the son of her friend Clara Zetkin. When Clara found out about her son’s romance with Luxembourg, she stopped communicating with her. Their friendship has ceased for five years.
Constantine met Luxembourg during the congress of the Second International, held in Stuttgart. He was delighted with the woman’s speeches and immediately fell in love with her. Alas, the couple did not last long. A few years later, Constantine threw a revolutionary and went to a young passion.
Rosa did not hold a grudge against him and subsequently wrote to him: “You are a beloved friend and you will remain so for me as long as you like, for as long as I live. Everything that concerns you is more important to me than the rest of the world. I only ask you: stay calm and do not torture yourself because of me. ”
The next attempt to establish a relationship for Luxembourg also failed. She started a love affair with lawyer Paul Levy. The elect was younger than Rosa by 12 years. True, this relationship did not last long. After the break with Levi, Rosa Luxemburg, who was far behind 40, said she was refusing to make new love affairs.
“I have no private life — only public”, said the revolutionary in the last years of her life.
New love never came into the life of a woman. Rosa Luxemburg died at the age of 47 in tragic circumstances: January 15 1919 killed her on the way to Moabit prison.
