Charlotte Joël

Charlotte Joël (1882 or 1887–1943) was a German photographer.

Charlotte Joël
Signature (1926)
BornSeptember 13, 1882 or 1887
Berlin, Germany
Diedafter April 19, 1943
Auschwitz II-Birkenau
NationalityGerman
Known forPortrait photographs

Career
Rubber stamp imprint of the photo studio

Joël teamed up with photographer Marie Heinzelmann around 1918 and opened the photo studio Joël & Heinzelmann in Charlottenburg.[1] She was mainly interested in portrait photography, her portraits of well-known subjects included Walter Benjamin, Marlene Dietrich, Karl Kraus, Hedwig Lachmann or Gustav Landauer.

Stolperstein for Charlotte Joel

After Adolf Hitler's rise to power, as a Jew she was no longer able to work in her profession from 1933, but the studio continued under the name "Joël & Heinzelmann" until 1938/39.[2] With the help of her friend Clara Grunwald, Joël came to Landwerk Neuendorf, a Jewish workers' colony and training center, where she worked in the canteen.[3]

Personal life

On April 19, 1943, Joël was deported from Berlin to the extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau on transport no. 37, where she was murdered.

Legacy

In 2013, a Stolperstein was laid in Berlin at Klopstockstraße 19 for Charlotte Joel.

See also

References
  1. Berliner Adreßbuch 1918, p. 1201:
    Joel – & Marie Hinzelmann, (sic !) Charlotte, Atel. f.
    moderne Photogr, Charlottenbg., Hardenberg=
    str, 24 IV T. Steinpl. 2079 9–6
  2. Last entry in Berliner Adreßbuch 1939, p. 1245:
    Joël – Joël u Heinzelmann mod Photogr Charlottenb
    Hardenbergstraße 24
  3. Horst Helas: Eine Fürstenwalder Geschichte. PDF document. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
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