Helene Weigel (; 12 May 19006 May 1971) She was the second and last wife of Bertolt Brecht until his death in 1956; together they had two children.
Personal life
Weigel was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the daughter of Leopoldine (née Pollak) and Siegfried Weigel, an accountant-general in a textile factory. She and husband Brecht had two children, Stefan Brecht and Barbara Brecht-Schall. Weigel was a Communist Party member from 1930.