Dore Jacobs
Dore Jacobs (born June 27, 1894 in Essen ; † March 5, 1979 ibid) was a movement pedagogue ( rhythmic education ) and founder of the Federal School for Physical Education and Rhythmic Education, the predecessor of the Dore Jacobs vocational college.
Life
Dore Jacobs was born as the daughter of the Jewish philosopher Ernst Marcus and his wife Berta, born in Essen . Auerbach, born in Essen. She studied mathematics and physics in Heidelberg and rhythm and ear training at the Émile Jaques-Dalcroze school in Dresden-Hellerau . She passed her exams there in 1913. Further studies in Bonn followed. In 1914 she married the mathematician, educator and philosopher Artur Jacobs . Together they found the Bund - community for socialist life . The goal was a way of life in which the whole person should be absorbed - body, mind and spirit. This also included movement and dance.
In 1925 she founded the Federal School for Physical Education and Rhythmic Education (today: Dore Jacobs Vocational College ). The schools were banned and closed in 1934. Dore Jacobs survived underground with the help of the federal government , which continued to work illegally under the leadership of her husband Artur Jacobs. In September 1944 she had to go into hiding - who until then had been considered a privileged Jew. She found shelter with her husband on Lake Constance in a boarding house run by friends.
Fonts (selection)
- Human movement . Düsseldorf 1972.
- Movement education - people education . Düsseldorf 1976.
- Memories of Dore Jacobs, based on notes by Dore Jacobs , in: Hermann Schröter (Ed.): History and fate of the Jews of Essen: Memorial book for the Jewish citizens of the city of Essen . Essen: City of Essen, 1980, pp. 186–192
literature
- Mark Roseman , A MAN ON THE MOVE. DORE JACOBS (1894 - 1978), in: Essener Contributions - Contributions to the history of the city and monastery Essen, Volume 114, 2002
- Gerd Hergen Lübben , on a thin line. For learning and growing from the spirit of truth, art and humanity. Approaches to the educator Artur Jacobs - also with a view to the philosopher Ernst Marcus and the movement educator Dore Jacobs, née Marcus. (PDF; 534 kB) in: "DIE BRÜCKE - Forum for anti-racist politics and culture" (Saarbrücken 2008, issue 147-149).
- Jutta Dick, Marina Sassenberg (ed.): Jewish women in the 19th and 20th centuries . Lexicon to life and work, Reinbek 1993, ISBN 3-499-16344-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Dore Jacobs in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dore Jacobs. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
- Dore Jacobs Vocational College
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark Roseman: In an unguarded moment - A woman survives underground. Berlin 2002, p. 284
- ↑ H. Walter Kern: Silent Heroes from Essen. Resisting in the Time of Persecution 1933 - 1945, Essen 2014, p. 42
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacobs, Dore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5th 1979 |
| Place of death | eat |