Caecilie Seler-Sachs

Caecilie Seler-Sachs and Eduard Seler

Caecilie Susanna Seler-Sachs (born June 1, 1855 in Berlin , † January 4, 1935 in Berlin-Steglitz ) was a German ethnologist , photographer and author . Since 1884 she was married to the old American and old Mexicanist Eduard Seler (1849–1922), whom she accompanied on six research trips to Central America (especially Mexico ).

Caecilie Seler-Sachs documented and photographed a large part of Eduard Seler's research. In addition, she conducted her own research, on which she published independently. Since women could not study or obtain any scientific degrees, they only achieved recognized research results through self-study and exchange with scientists. Caecilie Seler-Sachs was politically and socially active. She was a member of the commission of the Photography School of the Lette Association and an honorary member of the club founded by Marie Kundt for the former students of the Photography School .

The grave ⊙ of Caecilie Seler-Sachs and Eduard Seler is located in the Steglitz cemetery in Berlin-Steglitz , until 2014 it was an honorary grave of the city of Berlin .

Works (selection)

• Women's life in the Aztec empire . A sheet from the cultural history of ancient Mexico. Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), Berlin 1919 (106 pages, archive.org [PDF; accessed April 22, 2020] with drawings by Erich Heermann).
• On research trips to Mexico (=  Paths to Knowledge . Volume 35 ). Ullstein, Berlin 1925, urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201710228829 .
• On old ways in Mexico and Guatemala . Travel memories from the years 1895 to 1897. Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1900 (363 pages).
• together with Walter Lehmann , Walter Krickeberg (Ed.): Some chapters from the history of Fray Bernardino de Sahagún . Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1927 (574 pages, translated from the Aztec by Eduard Seler).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Standesamt Berlin II, marriage certificate No. 645/1884 dated November 8, 1884, Landesarchiv Berlin, P Rep. 801.
2. ↑ Curriculum Vitae Caecilie Seler-Sachs at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (spk-berlin.de) (PDF file; 134 kB)
3. ^ Standesamt Berlin-Steglitz, death certificate No. 12/1935, Landesarchiv Berlin, P. Rep. 700.
4. ↑ The Secret Aztec Code. Chronicle Eduard Seler. Stations for research on ancient American cultures (ZDF broadcast "Terra X" on October 25, 2009)
5. ^ Cossmann, Milly: 50 years of the Lette-Verein: Report written on behalf of the Lette-Verein board . Lette Association, Berlin 1916.

Web links

• Literature by and about Caecilie Seler-Sachs in the catalog of the German National Library
• Marieke Joel, Lars Larisch, Christine Seeger, Carolyn Zeck: Eduard Seler and Cäcilie Seler-Sachs. (PDF, 5 kB) Pioneers of Ancient American Studies (film). Archived from the original on June 10, 2007 ; accessed on April 22, 2020 . 
• Literature and links to the ZDF program "Terra X" on October 25, 2009 "The secret Aztec code."
• Portrait of Cecilie Seler-Sachs on Miradas Alemanas