Eugenie Goldstern

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Eugenie Goldstern

Eugenie Goldstern (born 1883 or 1884 in Odessa , Russian Empire ; died in an extermination camp in 1942 ) was an Austrian folklorist and cultural geographer .

Life

When there were repeated pogroms against Jews in Odessa in 1905 , Eugenie Goldstern's family fled to Vienna . There she began studying with Michael Haberlandt , albeit only as a guest student due to her Russian origins. At the beginning of the 20th century she undertook several field research trips to the Swiss and Austrian Alps . Since a doctorate in Vienna was not possible, she continued her studies in Neuchâtel and finished them in Freiburg im Üechtland in 1921 with Bessan's dissertation . Folklore monographic study on a Savoyard high mountain community in the subject geography by Paul Girardin . Although more talented than many of her male colleagues, she was denied a job at the Vienna Museum of Folklore, also because of her racist ideology . So it seems strange that she not only left her extensive collections to the museum, but also supported it financially several times. On June 14, 1942, she was deported to the Izbica transit camp in Poland . The murder took place in one of the Belzec, Sobibor or Majdanek extermination camps.

In 2004 the Austrian Folklore Museum commemorated Eugenie Goldstern with a large exhibition. In 2011, Goldsterngasse, originally named after the flower of the same name , was also named after her in Vienna- Penzing (14th district) .

Fonts (selection)

  • Jenny Goldstern: Twardowski, the Polish Faust. In: Journal for Austrian Folklore . Vol. 18 (1912), pp. 36-46 ( digitized version ).
  • Contributions to the folklore of the Lammertal with special consideration of Abtenau (Tännengau). In: Journal for Austrian Folklore . Vol. 24 (1918), pp. 1-29 ( digitized version ).
  • The house of Bessans (Savoy). Vol. 27 (1921), pp. 33-56 ( digitized version ).
  • High mountain people in Savoy and Graubünden. A contribution to Romance folklore (= Wiener Zeitschrift für Volkskunde . Supplementary volume vol. 14). Association for Folklore, Vienna 1922. Contains: Bessans: Folklore monographic study on a Savoy mountain community (France) and contributions to the folklore of the Graubünden Munster Valley (Switzerland) .
  • A folkloric journey of discovery in the Aosta Valley (Piedmont). In: Wiener Zeitschrift für Volkskunde . Vol. 28 (1923), pp. 55-57 ( digitized version ).
  • Alpine Toy Animals: A Contribution to Research into Primitive Toys. In: Wiener Zeitschrift für Volkskunde . Vol. 29 (1924), Issue 3-4, pp. 45-71 ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Albert Ottenbacher: Eugenie Goldstern. A biography. Mandelbaum, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85476-027-2 .
  • Primordial ethnography. In search of the elementary in culture. The Eugenie Goldstern Collection. Exhibition catalog. Austrian Museum of Folklore, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-902381-05-1 .
  • Silvia Hofmann: A strange researcher in the Münstertal: Eugenie Goldstern (1884–1942). Pioneer of European ethnography. In: Silke Redolfi, Silvia Hofmann, Ursula Jecklin (eds.): FremdeFrau: Contributions to women's and gender history in Graubünden in the 19th and 20th centuries. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03-823069-4 , pp. 107–115.
  • Albert Ottenbacher: Goldstern, Eugenie. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 258f.

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personal data
SURNAME Goldstern, Eugenie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldstern, Jenja; Gold star, Jenny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH 1883 or 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Odessa , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 1942