Background
She was the daughter of the Prussian general Hans von Kretschmann. Her grandmother, Baroness Jenny von Gustedt, had been an illegitimate daughter of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon"s brother who was King of Westphalia.
She was the daughter of the Prussian general Hans von Kretschmann. Her grandmother, Baroness Jenny von Gustedt, had been an illegitimate daughter of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon"s brother who was King of Westphalia.
Together with him she was involved in the ethical movement, which sought to establish a system of morality in place of the traditional religions. Lily Braun joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany at an early age and became one of the leaders of the German feminist movement. She belonged to the revisionist opposition within the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Lily was heavily influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche and wanted the Social Democratic Party of Germany to focus on the development of personality and individuality instead of levelling everybody.
She wanted economic freedom for women and the abolition of legal marriage.
She died after a long illness on 8 August 1916.
Revisionists didn"t believe in the theories of historical materialism and believed in the gradual adaptation of society, rather than a socialist revolution.
Lily Braun was briefly married to the professor of philosophy Georg von Gizycki, who was associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (Social Democratic Party of Germany) without however being a member of the party.