Charlotte Joël

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Charlotte Joël (born September 13, 1882 or 1887 in Berlin - died after April 19, 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp ) was a German photographer .

Charlotte Joël's signature (1926)

Life

Stamp imprint of the photo studio (1926)

Charlotte Joël teamed up with the photographer Marie Heinzelmann around 1918 and opened the Charlotte Joël & Marie Heinzelmann atelier with her at Hardenbergstrasse 24 in Berlin-Charlottenburg and dedicated herself primarily to portrait photography. From 1919 she lived at Hansaufer 5.

In 1918 Joël had Marlene Dietrich , who was still unknown at the time, in front of her camera. At the end of January 1921, Karl Kraus was in Berlin for his lectures and had her take a number of portrait photographs. Kraus and Joël stayed in touch until his death in 1936; Kraus even gave them a legacy from his library in his will . Other well-known persons portrayed by her include u. a. Walter Benjamin , Hedwig Lachmann or Gustav Landauer .

Stumbling block for Charlotte Joel

After the “ seizure of power ” by the National Socialists , she was no longer able to work in her profession as a Jew from 1933 , but the studio continued under the name “Joël & Heinzelmann” until 1938/39. With the help of her friend Clara Grunwald , Joël came to the Neuendorf Landwerk , where she worked in the communal kitchen. Along with Grunwald, her friend of recent years, Joel has been with the transport no. 37 on 19 April 1943 by Berlin in the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau deported and murdered. In 2013 a stumbling block was laid for Charlotte Joel at Klopstockstrasse 19 .

Her brother Ernst Joël (1893-1929) was active in the student youth movement. He later worked as a doctor, did research on drug addiction and was acquainted with Walter Benjamin, Gustav Landauer and Martin Buber .

Portraits

literature

  • Werner Kohlert, Friedrich Pfäfflin: The work of the photographer Charlotte Joël. Wallstein, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8353-3488-5 .

Web links

Commons : Charlotte Joël  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlin address book 1918, p. 1201:
    Joel - & Marie Hinzelmann, (sic!) Charlotte, Atel. f.
    Moderne Photogr, Charlottenbg., Hardenberg =
    str, 24 IV T. Steinpl. 2079 9-6
  2. ↑ Berlin address book 1919, p. 1198:
    Joël - Charlotte, Photogr., NW87, Hansaufer 5 GH II.,
    S. Charlotte Joël & Marie Heinzelmann.
    & Marie Heinzelmann, Charlotte, Atel. f.
    modern photo, Charlottenbg., Hardenberg =
    straße 24 IV T. Steinpl. 2079 9-6
  3. ↑ January 23, 1921 Program in the Meistersaal
    January 24, 1921 Program in the Klindworth-Scharwenka-Saal
    January 28, 1921 Program in the Klindworth-Scharwenka-Saal
    January 30, 1921 Program in the Secession
  4. ↑ See e.g. B. the postcard from Joël to Kraus dated May 27, 1934, Vienna Library, manuscript collection, partial estate of Karl Kraus, inv. HIN-176557, Ib 163325
    She tells him about her happiness and sadness while listening to records in Kraus' voice, about empty Berlin, her atelier and her lack of vigor to build a new life elsewhere
  5. ^ The will of Karl Kraus
  6. ↑ Last entry in the Berlin address book 1939, p. 1245:
    Joël - Joël u Heinzelmann mod Photogr Charlottenb
    Hardenbergstrasse 24
  7. ↑ Horst Helas: A Fürstenwald story . PDF document (38 kB); accessed on October 11, 2018
  8. ↑ Werner Kohlert, Friedrich Pfäfflin: The work of the photographer Charlotte Joël: portraits from Walter Benjamin to Karl Kraus, from Martin Buber to Marlene Dietrich. ; Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8353-3488-5 .
  9. ↑ Stumbling blocks in Berlin . Here with the year of birth 1887. (Accessed on October 11, 2018.)
personal data
SURNAME Joël, Charlotte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joel, Charlotte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1882 or 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH after April 19, 1943
Place of death Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp