Charlotte Rougemont

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Charlotte Rougemont (born January 22, 1901 in Hamburg ; † February 11, 1987 there ) was a German storyteller .

Live and act

Charlotte Rougemont had a younger brother with whom she had a carefree childhood on the Uhlenhorst . She worked as an MTA at the Eppendorf General Hospital , but was more interested in fairy tales. At the end of the 1920s, she and a student attended a lecture by Vilma Mönckeberg-Kollmar , during which she realized that fairy tales only developed their effect through a verbatim retelling of the written version. Rougemont then learned fairy tales by heart for years while working. She first told patients at the Bethesda Hospital in Hamburg-Bergedorf and her brother, to whom she was very close and who was considered a severe critic. Later she spoke to a growing audience in hospitals, on fairy tale afternoons in old people's homes, mothers' evenings, children's groups and club events.

Gravestone in
the women's garden

Rougemont's brother died as a soldier in Russia in 1941 during World War II . The Bethesda Hospital and her parents' house were destroyed by bombs in July 1943, after which she moved to Flensburg with her parents . Rougemont then devoted himself exclusively to the spread of stories. She went on a hike and made a first round trip to North Schleswig , where she spoke in schools, homes for children from areas threatened by bombs, women's associations and a large hospital. For two years she belonged to the cultural hospital care center from Flensburg, for which she visited military hospitals every day. The Hamburg youth welfare office also requested them repeatedly. Rougemont, who knew about 150 fairy tales by heart in the 1970s, was considered to be extremely sensitive to the needs of her audience and the choice of stories. She carefully got her audience in the mood for the fairy tales and was particularly fond of telling stories by the Brothers Grimm at their events in Hamburg homes and schools, in northern German cities, villages and islands . A special concern was her "Das Erdkühlein" by Martin Montanus , which she often told.

Charlotte Rougemont spent the last years of her life in the Rabenhorst nursing home in Hamburg. Her tombstone is in the women's garden at the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg.

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personal data
SURNAME Rougemont, Charlotte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German storyteller
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1987
Place of death Hamburg