Hannah Karminski Collection 1934-1957

The collection contains correspondence of teacher, social worker, and feminist Hannah Karminski. Included is correspondence with Ottilie Schoenewald regarding Schoenewald's emigration from Germany and desire to continue her social work abroad, as well as discussion of the emigration and continued work of other women in their circle; letters from Karminski to her parents and sister Erna Berlowitz, who emigrated from Germany to Switzerland in 1939; and letters regarding Karminski's deportation and death. Karminski's letters to her family include discussion of her work and life in Germany. They contain multiple mentions of her friends and colleagues Cora Berliner and Paula Fürst, including discussion of their deportation in June 1942.Hannah Karminski was born April 24, 1897, in Berlin. She was a teacher, social worker, and feminist who served as secretary of the Jüdischer Frauenbund and editor of its newsletter. After the Jüdischer Frauenbund was forcibly disbanded by the Nazis, she continued her work in social welfare with the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland. She stayed in Germany to continue her work, even after her parents and sister Erna Berlowitz emigrated from Germany to Lugano, Switzerland, in 1939. In December 1942, she was deported to Auschwitz, where she was murdered.The original German-language inventory is available in the folderProcessed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize