Else Hirschberg

Else Mathilde Erna Hirschberg (born February 11, 1892 in Berlin , † 1942 in Auschwitz concentration camp ), was a German chemist . She is considered to be the first female chemistry graduate at the University of Rostock .

Life

Gravestone of Aurelie Hirschberg, Else Hirschberg's mother, in the Jewish cemetery in Rostock .

Else Hirschberg was born in 1892 to a Jewish family. Her father, Louis Michael called Ludwig Hirschberg, was a merchant and railway director. Her mother Aurelie Hirschberg geb. Kroner, came from an important rabbi family . The couple had four daughters in total: Else, Paula, Hertha and Margot. Else Hirschberg attended high schools in Berlin , Königsberg and Rostock .

In 1908, Hirschberg began attending chemistry lectures at the University of Rostock. In Mecklenburg women were only allowed to study in the winter semester of 1909/10. Hirschberg passed her association examination in 1913 with August Michaelis , but was not admitted to the doctorate due to a lack of a high school diploma. From 1917 Hirschberg worked as a research assistant at the Physiological Institute of the University of Rostock. In 1927 she passed an examination similar to the Abitur and was able to complete her doctorate in 1928. At the same time, she enrolled for a medical degree, which enabled her to get a regular job. Because of her Jewish descent, Hirschberg was released in 1933.

After her mother's death in 1936, Hirschberg moved to Hamburg , where she worked as a laboratory manager at the Israelite Hospital in Hamburg . She tried in vain to emigrate to the USA , for which she asked William Albert Noyes , whom she knew from a conference in Rostock, for help. He took over affidavits for her, Hertha and Margot Hirschberg , but these never reached the three sisters. On July 11, 1942, Else Hirschberg and her sister Margot were deported to Auschwitz , the exact date of her death is not known.

Commemoration

Memorial stones for the sisters Else, Hertha and Margot Hirschberg in Schillerstr. 29 in Rostock.

A stumbling block for Else Hirschberg was inaugurated at Wiesenstrasse 26 in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel in August 2016 .

In front of her old Rostock house at Schillerstraße 29, memorial stones were placed for her and her sisters on July 6, 2017 .

Publications (selection)

Else Hirschberg: Contributions to the knowledge of the pharmocology of Convallaria majalis. Dissertation, Rostock 1928.
Hans Winterstein, Else Hirschberg: About the permeability of muscle membranes . In: Pflüger's archive for the entire physiology of humans and animals . tape 217 , no. 1 , 1927, pp. 216-220 , doi : 10.1007 / BF01723673 .
Hans Winterstein, Else Hirschberg: Nitrogen-saving substances in the metabolism of the nervous central organs. In: Hoppe-Seyler's magazine for physiological chemistry . tape 108 , no. 1–2 , 1919, pp. 9-20 , doi : 10.1515 / bchm2.1919.108.1-2.9 .
Hans Winterstein, Else Hirschberg: About the turnover of fatty substances in the nervous central organs. In: Hoppe-Seyler's magazine for physiological chemistry . tape 105 , no. 1–2 , 1919, pp. 1–19 , doi : 10.1515 / bchm2.1919.105.1-2.1 ( digital copy ).

Else Hirschberg: The turnover of different types of sugar in the metabolism of the nervous central organs. In: Hoppe-Seyler's magazine for physiological chemistry . tape 101 , no. 5-6 , 1918, pp. 248-254 , doi : 10.1515 / bchm2.1918.101.5-6.248 ( digital copy ).

Hans Winterstein, Else Hirschberg: About the sugar metabolism of the nervous central organs. In: Hoppe-Seyler's magazine for physiological chemistry . tape 100 , no. 3–4 , 1917, pp. 185–202 , doi : 10.1515 / bchm2.1917.100.3-4.185 .

literature

Tim Peppel, Gisela Boeck: Else Hirschberg (1892–1942): the rediscovery of the private and professional life of the first female chemistry graduate at Rostock University in a digitized world. In: The Journal of Genealogy and Family History. Volume 2, 2018, pp. 1-19, doi: 10.24240 / 23992964.2017.1234512 .
Gisela Boeck, Tim Peppel: The first Rostock chemistry graduate . In: News from chemistry . Volume 66, No. 5, May 2018, pp. 542-544, doi: 10.1002 / nadc.20184072924 .
Gisela Boeck, Tim Peppel: The chemist Else Hirschberg (1892–1942) . In: Traditio et Innovatio, magazine of the University of Rostock 1/2017, pp. 16–17. ( Digitized version )
Juliane Deinert: The students of the Rostock University in the time of National Socialism In: Gisela Boeck and Hans-Uwe Lammel (eds.): The University of Rostock in the years 1933–1945 (= Rostock studies on university history, volume 21). University of Rostock, Rostock 2012, pp. 163–183, especially p. 168 ( digitized version )
Bettina Kleinschmidt: Exhibition on the history of women's studies at the University of Rostock In: Kersten Krüger (Hrsg.): Women's studies in Rostock. Reports by and about female academics (= Rostock Studies on University History, Volume 9). University of Rostock, Rostock 2010, p. 58 ( digitized version )

Web links

Else Hirschberg in the Rostock matriculation portal
Else Hirschberg: Rostock's first chemistry student, report on NDR television, "Nordmagazin" from November 20 , 2016 ( Memento from September 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

^ Tim Peppel, Gisela Boeck: Else Hirschberg (1892–1942): the rediscovery of the private and professional life of the first female chemistry graduate at Rostock University in a digitized world. In: The Journal of Genealogy and Family History. 2018, 2, pp. 1-19. doi: 10.24240 / 23992964.2017.1234512
^ Gisela Boeck, Tim Peppel: The first Rostock graduate of chemistry . In: News from chemistry . tape 66 , no. 5 , May 2018, p. 542-544 , doi : 10.1002 / nadc.20184072924 .
^ Aurelie Kroner Hirschberg in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 9, 2018.
^ Paula Gertrud Hirschberg in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 9, 2018.
^ Hirschberg Hertha: Obituary, Ghetto Theresienstadt. In: holocaust.cz. Retrieved May 9, 2018 (Czech).
^ Reports of the Association of Laboratory Boards, page 16–033: Hirschberg Else (9980). In: genealogy.net. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .
^ Reports of the Association of Laboratory Boards, page 25–081: Hirschberg Else (11). In: genealogy.net. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .
^ Gisela Boeck, Tim Peppel: The chemist Else Hirschberg (1892–1942). In: Traditio et Innovatio, magazine of the University of Rostock. No. 1, 2017, ISSN 1432-1513 , p. 17.

personal data
SURNAME	Hirschberg, Else
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hirschberg, Else Mathilde Erna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 11, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	1942
Place of death	Auschwitz concentration camp

[1] Tim Peppel, Gisela Boeck: Else Hirschberg (1892–1942): the rediscovery of the private and professional life of the first female chemistry graduate at Rostock University in a digitized world. In: The Journal of Genealogy and Family History. 2018, 2, pp. 1-19. doi: 10.24240 / 23992964.2017.1234512

[2] Gisela Boeck, Tim Peppel: The first Rostock graduate of chemistry . In: News from chemistry . tape 66 , no. 5 , May 2018, p. 542-544 , doi : 10.1002 / nadc.20184072924 .

[3] Aurelie Kroner Hirschberg in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[4] Paula Gertrud Hirschberg in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[5] Hirschberg Hertha: Obituary, Ghetto Theresienstadt. In: holocaust.cz. Retrieved May 9, 2018 (Czech).

[6] Reports of the Association of Laboratory Boards, page 16–033: Hirschberg Else (9980). In: genealogy.net. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .

[7] Reports of the Association of Laboratory Boards, page 25–081: Hirschberg Else (11). In: genealogy.net. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .

[8] Gisela Boeck, Tim Peppel: The chemist Else Hirschberg (1892–1942). In: Traditio et Innovatio, magazine of the University of Rostock. No. 1, 2017, ISSN 1432-1513 , p. 17.