# Frau Pölitz — The Breaking of the Storm character guide

> Frau Pölitz in The Breaking of the Storm by Friedrich Spielhagen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** dear Frau Pölitz, Frau, Pölitz, the worthy Pölitz

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

A local woman, possibly a housekeeper or innkeeper.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/iv)

The farmer's wife, struggling with sick children and financial hardship, grateful for Elsa's consideration.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as the farmer's wife whose children are ill; Elsa urges her to send for a doctor.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/ii)

Frau Pölitz is the farmer's wife, who shares the family's sorrows and reveals Reinhold's visits to Elsa.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as having told Elsa the distance to Wissow Head.

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