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Amalie Nacken (born April 17, 1855 in Gillrath , † September 6, 1940 in Munich ) was a German philanthropist .
Live and act
She was the daughter of a landowner. She received private tuition until she was 15. Amailie Nacken then led the life of a "house daughter". At the age of 45 she decided to live independently and moved to Munich. There Amalie Nacken was involved in the “Association for Women's Interests”, which was founded in 1894 under the name “Society for the Promotion of Intellectual Interests of Women”. Within the "Association for Women's Interests", which has been calling itself since 1899 until today, she was responsible for the "Youth Group Department" and the "Local Group Commission". She worked closely with Ika Freudenberg , Sophia Goudstikker , Julie Kerschensteiner , Helene Sumper , Rosa Kempf and Luise Kiesselbach , among others . Amalie Nacken also volunteered in public child welfare:
- We see her working tirelessly for years as one of the first community orphan councilors. She also worked for many years as a lay judge at the juvenile court. Later she was a long-time member of the youth service business committee and the meeting committee of the welfare office. Particularly close to her heart was the association for female guardians ... Also the association for women, girls, the youth welfare association, the Helene Sumperheim association, the Princess Ludwig Children's Home and the like. a., they all counted among their members .
In addition, she was the chairwoman of the Bavarian branch of the "International Abolitionist Federation", also an active co-initiator of the "Stadtbunds Münchner Frauenvereine", founded in 1914, today: "Stadtbund Münchner Frauenverbände", of which she was chairman from 1929 to 1932. She was particularly interested in the Kinderschutz eV association founded in Munich in 1901 . V. , which still exists today:
- As early as 1905 she joined the board, then became deputy chairwoman, in 1912 first chairwoman and remained so until she was made honorary chairman in 1934. The purpose of the association is to protect German youth against neglect and abuse .
When the Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband was founded in Munich in 1924 , Amalie Nacken was instrumental in ensuring that the Kinderschutz e. V. joins this as a member. In 1924/25, she used her private assets to set up two children's homes, a girls 'home in Dachau (in the former Carl Bössenrothvilla ), which bore her name from 1958 until it was closed in 2010, and a boys' home in Munich -Pasing . For both homes she handed over the sponsorship to the “Verein Kinderschutz e. V. ". When the National Socialists came to power, Amalie Nacken withdrew from public life as a Jewish fanatic , but continued to "quietly" stand up for needy children.
The boys' home in Pasing was closed in 1939, the Amalie Nacken children's home in Dachau in 2010.
In the Freiham district of Munich, a street was named after Amalie Nacken.
Personal reminder
Dr. Auguste Steiner, private secretary of Luise Kiesselbach:
“ I can remember conversations between Ms. Kiesselbach and Amalie Nacken, the chairman of the Child Protection Association, who, with the best manners, could have been so inflexible when it came to the children. She had created a girls 'home in Dachau with her own resources, a boys' home in Pasing and the open department that managed guardianship, assisted illegitimate mothers with maintenance claims, took on the collection of maintenance and helped with advice and action ”.
Works
- The Stadtbund Münchner Frauenvereine, in: Bayerische Frauenzeitung 1929 / H. 4, pp. 12-13
literature
- Manfred Berger : Nacken, Amalie - founder of educational homes, in: Hugo Maier (ed.): Who is who of social work, Freiburg / Brsg. 1998, p. 423
- Florentine Rickmers: Commemorative speech for Amalie Nacken, Munich 1940
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rickmers 1940, p. 5 f
- ↑ http://www.frauenverbaende.de/
- ↑ http://www.kinderschutz.de/verein
- ↑ Rickmers 1940, p. 7
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.luise-kiesselbach.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1978-Steiner-Begegierungen.pdf , p. 14 f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neck, Amalie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philanthropist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gillrath |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1940 |
| Place of death | Munich |