Lebenserinnerungen von Ottilie Schoenewald : Fuer das Leo Baeck Institut, New York.

The memoirs cover 1883-1946. Childhood recollections in a well-to do Jewish household of eight children. Both her parents worked in building up their business. Tradition of charity. Ottilie's father was a member of the Jewish community executive committee. Growing up in a liberal yet religious family. Reflections on girl's education of her time. Death of her father in 1903. Marriage to the lawyer Dr. S. Schoenewald in 1905. Start of her activities in the women's movement in Germany (BDF). Ottilie Schoenewald had a leading position as a women's legal guidance counselor (Frauenrechtschutzstelle) in Bochum. She was involved in the homemaking organization during World War One. Political equality for women after the war and activities in the democratic party in Weimar Germany. In 1929 Ottilie Schoenewald was elected to be a board member of the Jewish women's movement (JFB) in Berlin. Preparations for the International Congress of Jewish women 1930 in Hamburg, which led to the formation of the International Council of Jewish Women. In 1934 she became chairwoman of the JFB. Experiences and activities during the Nazi time. Ottilie Schoenewald emigrated to England via Holland in 1939, where she continued her social activities.Ottilie Schoenewald née Mendel was born in Bochum in 1883. She was a social worker and a member of the "Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine" and of the "Frauenrechtschutzstelle" in Bochum. In 1926, she founded the Bochum branch of the "Juedischer Frauenbund". During the Weimar period she was a member of the Bochum magistrate for the liberal "Deutsche Demokratische Partei". In 1934, she was elected chairperson of the "Juedischer Frauenbund" in Germany. She was also a member of the board of the "Centralverein" and of the "Preussischer Landesverband juedischer Gemeinden". Schoenewald emigrated to England in 1939 and the USA in 1946. She died in New York in 1961.Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog":, C 356Published in Monika Richarz: "Juedisches Leben in Deutschland": Vol. III 15Berliner, Cora, 1890-1942Brenner, BettinaKarminski, Hannah, 1897-1942Pappenheim, Bertha, 1859-1936Straus, Rahel, 1880-1963United StatesChildhoodCentralverein Deutscher Staatsbuerger Juedischen GlaubensEmigration and immigration, 1933-1945, United StatesFeminismPublic welfar

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