Group portrait of pupils in the seventh 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: 03094

Overview

Caption: Group portrait of pupils in the seventh 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, Max Ottensoser. Also pictured is Suse Heidenheimer (later Steinhardt),
second row from the front and the fourth girl from the right. Louis (Ludwig) Maier is pictured in the top row, second from the left. Julius Hirschberger is on the borttom row, far right and Walter Baer is in the third row, third from the left.
Photographer: Gebrueder 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/YOUTH GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (GERMAN) SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Schools/School Holiday Celebrations -- General