Pauline Krautz

Pauline Krautz (born Pauline Rehnus: 18 December 1890 - 16 September 1941) was a Sorbian entrepreneuse. Her active and very public promotion of Sorbian culture was seen as part of a separatist threat at a time when the German government was pursuing the objective of moving Germany away from its traditional federalism, towards a more centralised structure. Krautz died in the women's prison in Cottbus, and has become celebrated as a victim of Nazi persecution.