Leiva Petersen

Leiva Petersen (28 November 1912 – 17 April 1992) was a German classical philologist and publisher.

Life Leiva Konstanze Petersen was born in Berlin. Her father, Carl Petersen (1885–1942) was originally from Hviding in Northwest Schleswig. Carl Petersen was a history professor at Kiel University until 1939 when he switched to the University of Greifswald. Leiva Petersen's mother, born Ida Minna Räuber, was a teacher. A cousin was Günther Ramin, the organist and director of music at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. Just three years later, in 1942, she found herself in charge of the business, known as its "Kommanditistin".