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, she was no longer able to work in her profession as a Jew 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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