Thekla Skorra

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Thekla Skorra , b. Gottliebson (born August 19, 1866 in Berlin , † June 3, 1943 in Theresienstadt ) was a German Jewish writer and editor who worked in Berlin. She was a member of the German Association of Women Writers and the General Association of German Writers .

Life

Thekla Gottliebson was the second child of the manor owner Aron (Simon) Gottliebson and his wife Mariechen Johanna, geb. Filehne, born. In 1873, after the father's death, the family moved to Eberswalde near Berlin, where their mother also died four years later. The two children grew up with relatives in Berlin, where Thekla completed training at the military interpreting school and passed the interpreter test in French and English.

At the age of 19 she married Lesser Skorra and moved with him to Leibitsch, a small village in East Prussia not far from the Russian border. Their son Bruno was born there on July 25, 1888. The family returned to Berlin in 1903 at the latest and Thekla Skorra became a writer and member of the German Association of Writers . In 1905, her volume of poems, Wof mein Herz auficheren, and Letters from a Mother was published .

Side wing of the parish hall at Lietzenburger Str. 39

In 1915 Thekla Skorra and her adult son moved to Achenbachstrasse 18/19, today Lietzenburger Strasse 39 (the place where the Stolperstein was laid). She worked as an editor for the magazine Die Kinderfürsorge . On May 1, 1916, Bruno was killed in France during the First World War . The death of her only son left a clear mark on Thekla Skorra. She continued to be very active as a writer and publicist.

On January 14, 1943, she was by the Nazis with the age 81. transport to the Theresienstadt ghetto deported , where she died on June 3 1,943th

Works

A monograph and numerous poems by Thekla Skorra have so far been found.

Poetry book

  • What my heart freed itself from (volume of poems) (1905)

Poems

  • To a Free Mother (1907)
  • Funeral (1898)
  • A bridal couple (1906)
  • Today's man! (1913)
  • Strangers (1907)
  • Homeless (1907)
  • At Dusk (1906)
  • Judah (1907)
  • Jewish boy (sketch) (1905)
  • Jewish porcelain (1907)
  • Mother (1898)
  • Noemi and the Knight (1913)
  • Sabbath Twilight (1906)
  • Victory (1906)
  • Torah writer (1911)
  • Consolation Hymn (1912)

The following poems could not be found so far:

  • The temple
  • German girl song
  • The village witch
  • Driving people
  • Proletarian move

Collection of letters

  • Letters from a Mother (1906)

Honors

The stumbling block after the laying on July 1, 2010

A stumbling block for the Jewish woman who was deported in 1943 has been in front of the parish hall of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Lietzenburger Str. 39 in Berlin since July 1, 2010 , where the writer lived in a rented apartment in the side wing for 25 years. The first and so far only book about her life was published by Schlehdorn Verlag in 2010 on the occasion of the laying of the Stolperstein .

literature

Web links

Commons : Thekla Skorra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Van Kampen, Renate: ... almost forgotten. Traces of a Jewish life. Thekla Skorra b. Gottliebson 1866-1943. Schlehdorn Verlag , Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-94-1693-08-1 .
  2. ↑ ibid.
  3. ↑ Stumbling block description at http://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/ Bezirk/lexikon/lietzenburger39.html
personal data
SURNAME Skorra, Thekla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gottliebson, Thekla (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jewish writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1943
Place of death Theresienstadt