Eva Hoffmann-Aleith

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Renate Eva Olga Hoffmann-Aleith (born October 26, 1910 in Bergfeld , District of Bromberg , Posen Province as Eva Aleith; † February 24, 2002 in Marienfließ Monastery (Prignitz) near Stepenitz ) was a German Protestant pastor, teacher and writer.

Life

Growing up in Berlin , Aleith studied Latin and Protestant theology at the Friedrich Wilhelms University there and, after taking the first exam in church history with Hans Lietzmann in 1935 before the consistory ( understanding of Paul in the 1st and 2nd centuries . Berlin 1937). After her vicariate, she passed her second exam in 1938 and married Wilhelm Hoffmann, with whom she moved to Hohenwerbig in Fläming that same year , where he held a pastor's position. When he went into the Second World War as a soldier in June 1940, she represented him as a "spiritual assistant" and continued this shortly afterwards in Stüdenitz in western Brandenburg , after Hoffmann was appointed to the parish at the Stüdenitz village church in absentia . Since Hoffmann was suspended from work for war crimes after returning from captivity in 1948, she continued the official business and took over the pastoral position (after divorce from her husband in 1950) on the basis of the Parish Vicar Act of 1952 and her ordination by the Potsdam general superintendent Walter Braun as parish vicar. Even after her retirement in 1974, she lived in the rectory until, shortly before her death in 2002, she had to move into an old people's home. In 1963 Hoffmann-Aleith married the Berlin theologian Fritz Hempel, from whom she mostly lived separately. As the first pastor in the region, she paved the way for the following pastors.

Act

In the 1950s Hoffmann-Aleith published various writings on practical theological issues, including the 1953 brochure The Woman on the Pulpit? , a plea for women in the pastor's office. In addition, she wrote numerous articles in newspapers and magazines. In 1954 she resumed work on biographies of historical personalities and, in addition to her pastoral office, wrote around a dozen books, some of which had several editions. She mainly described the lives of women whose achievements, in her opinion, had never been properly appreciated, e. B. Charlotte von Lestwitz, called Frau von Friedland; Ellen Franz, who later became Baroness von Heldburg and Louise von Francois. But Eva Hoffmann-Aleith is also the only biographer for the painters Ludwig Wucke and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Stories in anthologies and her own collected editions round off the picture of her writing.

In addition to writing, she created watercolors and used rare trees in her garden to balance things out.

Commemoration

Memorial plaque on the rectory

At the rectory in Stüdenitz, where she spent most of her life, a plaque commemorates her work today.

The “Stüdenitz Church” sponsoring association has been awarding the Eva Hoffmann Aleith Prize for young literature to young authors with a school location or residence in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district since 2008 .

Works

Historical biographies

  • Amalie Sieveking . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1940 (about Amalie Sieveking (1794–1859), the founder of the first association for female nursing).
  • Tusnelda von Saldern , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1940 (via Thusnelda von Saldern (1837–1910), superior of the Oberlinhaus in Potsdam-Nowawes (Potsdam-Babelsberg)).
  • Anna Melanchthon . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1954; 8th edition 1983 (about Anna Melanchthon (1522–1547), daughter of the reformer Philipp Melanchthon).
  • Mr. Philip. Stories about Melanchthon . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1960; 2nd edition 1961 (about Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) reformer, colleague of Martin Luther).
  • The baron . Luther Verlag, Witten 1960 (through Carl Hildebrand von Canstein (1667–1719), founder of the Halle Bible Institute).
  • Paths to the Lindenhof . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1967; 4th edition 1985 (about the couple Philipp and Marie Nathusius , founders of the Neinstedter Anstalten).
  • Devil thread . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1970 (about a dispute between pastor and landlord in Bautzener Land about beer and dancing).
  • Mrs. von Friedland . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1978; 2nd edition 1981; New edition: Förderkreis Barnim-Oderbruch eV, Bad Freienwalde 1994 (via Helene Charlotte von Friedland (1754–1803), landowner and progressive farmer).
  • Johanne . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1980; 2nd edition 1987 (about Johanne Nathusius (1828–1885), sister of Philipp von Nathusius, founder of the Elisabeth-Stift and other homes in Neinstedt).
  • Shining hour . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1984 (about the youth of the painter Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794–1872), who belonged to the circle of the “Lukasbrüder” later called “ Nazarenes ”).
  • Ellen Franz , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1989 (about Ellen Franz (1839–1923), pianist and actress, later Baroness von Heldburg).
  • A lady from Weissenfels . Haag and Herchen, Frankfurt / Main 1992, ISBN 3-89228-777-5 ; 2nd edition 2007 (on Marie Louise von François (1817–1893), writer in Weißenfels).
  • Light in the night . Haag and Herchen, Frankfurt / Main 1998, ISBN 3-86137-666-0 (about the blind poet Ludwig Wucke (1807-1883) from Bad Salzungen).

Other works

  • The understanding of Paul in the old church . de Gruyter, Berlin 1937.
  • Animals and people , 11 stories, Verlag Haag and Herchen, Frankfurt / Main 1992.
  • Instead of flowers , 15 stories, Verlag Haag und Herchen, Frankfurt / Main 1996.
  • A pot of water . In: More peace is not a winter fairy tale , anthology, Verlag Haag and Herchen, Frankfurt / Main 1994.

A directory of publications, including numerous articles and contributions for church magazines from 1936 to 1995, compiled by Uwe Czubatynski, can be found in: Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. Archive report number 6 / November 1996. Published on behalf of the consistory (editor: Jürgen Stenzel), pp. 78–81.

estate

The Lila Archiv is commissioned by the author to preserve and look after her written estate. There are more than a dozen memorials for men in the state of Brandenburg, but so far no corresponding honors for women. To support this concern, a support group is being set up to build a memorial house for Eva Hoffmann-Aleith.

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SURNAME Hoffmann-Aleith, Eva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmann-Aleith, Renate Eva Olga (full name); Aleith, Eva; Aleith, Renate Eva Olga (maiden name); Hempel, Eva (later married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, teacher, writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergfeld, District of Bromberg
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2002
Place of death Stepenitz