Elfriede soup

Elfriede Soup (born December 29, 1908 in Soest ; † November 6, 1996 ) was a German brush maker and a regionally known Soest original . The Elfriede Soup Foundation is named after her.

Live and act

Front view of the house with a memorial plaque, on the ground floor of which the soup brush shop was located

Elfriede Soup was the youngest of five children (two brothers, two sisters) of the Soest brush maker Carl Soup, who had been making brushes in Soest since 1894. Ms. Suppe took over the business from her brother Karl in 1971 and ran it until 1994, 100 years after the business opened and two years before her death at the age of 86. It is the subject of numerous anecdotes in Soest and the surrounding area. The Elfriede-Suppe-Stiftung, founded in 1999, whose foundation capital (2008: € 250,000) comes from the sale of the house at Petristraße 5 in Soest, is a hospice foundation.

There is a memorial plaque in her honor at Elfriede Suppe's shop at Petristraße 5.

Exhibitions

Brushes, brooms and more - The Soest brush maker company Soup , Craft Museum Ovelgönne, May 21, 2006 - October 15, 2006
100 years of Elfriede Soup - exhibition on the brush making trade , Sparkasse Soest real estate center, December 22, 2008 - January 9, 2009
Parts of the soup collection on display in the Soest Castle Courtyard Museum .

Publications

Kirsten Ulrike Maaß: A brush maker in the 20th century in a Westphalian mid-town . Dissertation, Münster 2008
LOCAL TALK This month brush maker Elfriede Soupe would have turned 100 . In: Soester Anzeiger, category: Soest, Friday, December 5, 2008 (one page, with photos)

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personal data
SURNAME	Soup, Elfriede
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German brush maker
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Soest
DATE OF DEATH	November 6, 1996
Place of death	Soest