Charlotte Joël (1882 or 1887–1943) was a German photographer.
Career
Joël teamed up with photographer Marie Heinzelmann around 1918 and opened the photo studio Joël & Heinzelmann in Charlottenburg.Berliner Adreßbuch 1918, p. 1201:Joel – & Marie Hinzelmann, (sic !) Charlotte, Atel. f. moderne Photogr, Charlottenbg., Hardenberg= str, 24 IV T. Steinpl. 2079 9–6 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.
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.Last entry in Berliner Adreßbuch 1939, p. 1245:Joël – Joël u Heinzelmann mod Photogr Charlottenb Hardenbergstraße 24 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.Horst Helas: Eine Fürstenwalder Geschichte. PDF document. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
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.
Gallery
See also List of victims and survivors of Auschwitz
References
External links
Entry for Charlotte Joel in The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names (here year of birth: 1882) Entry for Charlotte Joel in The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names (here year of birth: 1887) Wiederständige Künstlerinnen. Lecture by Sabine Krusen on Charlotte Joel, Ilse Schaeffer, Julie Wolfthorn at the Inselgalerie in Berlin, April 19, 2012. Retrieved 2018-10-21.