Group portrait of pupils in the first grade at a Jewish school in Karlsruhe, Germany that had been relocated to one floor at the 'Holzbodengymnasium' a special school for mentally disabled children.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 03085

Overview

Caption: Group portrait of pupils in the first grade at a Jewish school in Karlsruhe, Germany that had been relocated to one floor at the 'Holzbodengymnasium' a special school for mentally disabled children.

Among those pictured is the teacher, Flora Hirsch.
Date: July 1937
Locale: Karlsruhe, [Baden] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Hanna Meyer-Moses
Event History: In the fall of 1936 all Jewish children were banned from public schools and had to attend only Jewish schools. The Jewish school in Karlsruhe was given one floor in a school for mentally disabled children. The school was known as the "Holzbodengymnasium" and was located in the Lidellstrasse. The disabled children studied on a separate floor. All facilities, including the courtyard, were separated and during recess the children were forbidden to fraternize. After Kristallnacht the Jewish school was forced to move into the Jewish community building in the Kronenstrasse, next door to the destroyed synagogue.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005681.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Hanna Meyer-Moses

Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (GERMAN) SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES WOMEN
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Schools/School Holiday Celebrations -- General