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

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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