Israelite school for girls
The Israelitische Töchterschule was a school in Hamburg's Karolinenviertel that existed from 1884 to 1942.
The school was created in 1884 through the merger of two smaller girls' schools. The school building opened on April 20, 1884. In 1900 the building was expanded to include a gymnasium and in 1910 a teaching kitchen and specialist rooms for physics and chemistry classes were set up. After the passing of the Nuremberg Laws , the school accepted students who were expelled from other schools because of their Jewish beliefs. On April 1, 1939, the school became the Talmud Torah Schoolmerged and the lessons were held immediately in the building of the Talmud Tora School in the Grindelviertel. In September 1939 the building in the Grindelviertel was cleared and the school moved back to Karolinenstrasse. The building on Karolinenstrasse was also cleared on May 15, 1942, which meant the end of the last Jewish school in Hamburg.
After the end of the war, a speech therapy school moved into the school building. In 1981 the building was placed under monument protection and the historical inscription was reconstructed. A memorial plaque was placed on the facade in 1984. In 1988 the building was converted into a memorial and educational site. The Hamburger Volkshochschule took over the sponsorship . Since then, events have been taking place there as part of political education, primarily on Jewish topics, and a permanent exhibition provides information on the history of the Jewish schools in Hamburg. In 1998, in memory of Alberto Jonas , the school's last headmaster , the building was moved to Dr. Renamed Alberto Jonas House . The gym with access from Flora Naumannstrasse was also renovated to be used as a synagogue and event room with stage, and an extension was built as an entrance.
Web links
- Memorial and educational center of the Israelitische Töchterschule on gedenkstaetten-in-hamburg.de
- Memorial Israelitische Töchterschule on vhs-hamburg.de