Frieda Mehler
Frieda Mehler (born May 20, 1871 in Halberstadt ; died July 5, 1943 in Sobibor ) was a German poet and children's book author.
life and work
Frieda Mehler was born as the daughter of Dr. Ludwig Sachs and Helene Sachs, b. Rothmann, born in Halberstadt. After the death of her father, she came to live with her grandmother in Wongrowitz in the province of Posen , where she lived for fifteen years (1879-1894). She later moved to Cologne and then to Berlin . She was married to Julius Mehler. Rabbi Ludwig Jakob Mehler was her son. On February 28, 1939, she emigrated to the Netherlands. On July 2, 1943, she was deported from the Westerbork camp to the Sobibor extermination camp , where she was probably murdered on July 5, 1943.
Frieda Mehler published two volumes of poetry and several books for children and young people. In the poems that deal ostensibly with the subject of motherhood , she hid clear criticism of the Nazi regime . In addition to stories and fairy tales, she wrote short dramas and dramolets for children and young people for the festive season and school performances, which were intended to convey a positive Jewish self-confidence.
Publications
- A Chanuka dream. The megilla. Performances for Chanuka a. Purim . Berlin, Lamm, 1910, 31 p. Digital at: http://www.aleki.uni-koeln.de/schatzbehalter/inhalt/M/mehler_chanuka_traum_megilla.pdf
- Moaus to yeschuossi. Collected Chanuka performances . Berlin, Lamm, 1914, 70 p. Digital at: http://www.aleki.uni-koeln.de/schatzbehalter/inhalt/M/mehler_moaus_zur_jeschuossi.pdf
- Menorah. 3 performances . Berlin, Boas Nachf., [1931], 32 pp.
- Our festival of lights. 3 Chanukah performances . Berlin, Boas Nachf., [1930], 14 p. Digital at: http://www.aleki.uni-koeln.de/schatzbehalter/inhalt/M/mehler_unser_lichtefest.pdf
- Holiday fairy tale . With drawings by Dodo Bürgner . Berlin, Berthold Levy, 1935, 44 pp.
- From the way . Poems. Berlin, Levy, 1934. 31 S. Selection under: https://phdj.hypotheses.org/441
- We . Poems. Berlin, Levy, 1937, 31 p. Selection under: https://phdj.hypotheses.org/441
literature
- Poet Frieda Mehler . In: Posener Heimatblätter , Vol. 10, No. 9, p. 55
- Zohar Shavit / Hans-Heino Ewers in collaboration with Annegret Völpel and Ran HaCohen: German-Jewish children's and youth literature from the Haskala to 1945. The German and Hebrew-language writings of the German-speaking area. A bibliographic manual . Metzler, Stuttgart [a. a.] 2002. Vol. 1, pp. 753-756
- Kerstin Schoor: From the literary center to the literary ghetto. German-Jewish literary culture in Berlin between 1933 and 1945 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2010. pp. 176f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the Posener Heimatbl Blätter , vol. 10, no. 9, p. 55, an appreciation of Frieda Mehler's 65th birthday appeared. https://phdj.hypotheses.org/456
- ↑ Joods Monument . https://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/156589/frieda-mehler-sachs
- ↑ http://verbrannte-und-verbanned.de/person/1235 ; https://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html.de?result#frmResults
- ^ Kerstin Schoor: From the literary center to the literary ghetto. German-Jewish literary culture in Berlin between 1933 and 1945 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2010. pp. 176f.
- ↑ Zohar Shavit / Hans-Heino Ewers in collaboration with Annegret Völpel and Ran HaCohen: German-Jewish children's and youth literature from the Haskala to 1945. The German and Hebrew-language writings of the German-speaking area. A bibliographic manual . Metzler, Stuttgart [a. a.] 2002. Vol. 1, pp. 753-756
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mehler, Frieda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet and children's book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halberstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1943 |
| Place of death | Sobibor |