Hedwig Anneler

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Hedwig Anneler (born February 5, 1888 in Thun , Canton of Bern ; † May 8, 1969 in Givrins , Canton of Vaud ) was a Swiss ethnologist and writer . She was married to Léonard Jenni .

Life

Hedwig Anneler's parents were Franz Ludwig Anneler (* 1847). He was a book printer and manufacturer of book printing cylinders. Her mother was Marie Anneler , née Beck from Neuhausen . Hedwig grew up with three siblings. She studied history at the University of Bern and graduated studies in 1912 with the promotion of Doctor of Philosophy from. In the following years she engaged in intensive folklore studies on the Lötschental , which form the basis of her work Lötschen . She also published works of fiction , some of which were influenced by Expressionism . As early as the 1930s, Anneler campaigned for the restrictive Swiss asylum practice to be relaxed . Her most important literary work, the novel Blanche Gamond , describes the fate of victims of Huguenot persecution and expulsion in the 17th century. By the time of her death, the author had been largely forgotten.

Works

  • On the history of the Jews from Elephantine , Bern 1912
  • Quatember in Lötschen , Bern 1916
  • Lötschen , Bern 1917 (together with Karl Anneler)
  • Little Lötschenbuch , Bern 1923
  • Aletschduft , Basel 1925
  • The Bow of Fortune , Bern 1925
  • Blanche Gamond , Zurich 1940

literature

  • Regula Wyss: Anneler, Hedwig. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Bettina Vincenz: honest women or champions? The Swiss Association of Women Academics (SVA) in the interwar period. Hier + Jetzt, Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-03919-198-7 .
  • Stadler, Judith Hélène / Knauf, Ernst Axel: Hedwig Anneler (1888–1969) and her Bern dissertation on the history of the Jews of Elephantine from 1912. A reminder of the centenary of a remarkable woman's doctorate. Lectio difficilior 2/2011. www.lectio.unibe.ch
  • Stadler, Judith Hélène: Marie Anneler Beck and Hedwig Anneler. Forgotten engagement of two women for Jews. In: Bloch, René et al. (Ed.): Like above clouds. Jewish worlds of life and thought in the city and region of Bern 1200–2000. Zurich: Chronos 2014: 193-200.
  • Stadler, Judith Hélène: Hedwig Anneler (1888-1969): On the history of the Jews of Elephantine. In: Source of Living Books. 75 years of library of the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zurich. Biel: Edition Luks 2014. 

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personal data
SURNAME Anneler, Hedwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ethnologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Thun , Canton of Bern
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1969
Place of death Givrins , Canton of Vaud