Luise Hartnack
Luise Hartnack | |
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Street stone dedicated to Holocaust victim Luise Hartnack | |
| Born | Luise Bürkle 1 January 1872 |
| Died | 14 December 1942 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | War resister |
| Known for | Harboring a Jewish friend |
Luise Hartnack (1872–1942) was a German graphologist who was murdered at Ravensbrück concentration camp. She was arrested in 1942 for hiding a Jewish friend from the German secret police, Gestapo.
Biography
She was born Luise Bürkle on 1 January 1872 in Marbach am Neckar and married to the carpenter Ferdinand Hartnack.[1][2]
On 2 August 1942, at the age of 70, she was arrested by the Gestapo at her home in Frankfurt am Main for providing food and a hiding place for a good Jewish friend. On 1 October 1942, she was interned in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she was said to have died "of heart failure" on 14 December 1942.[1]
She is memorialized with a street stone located in Berlin on Lenaustrasse near the church Kreuzbergprojekt and near Refugio, the public building.[1][3][4]
References
- ^ a b c Sperl, Caroline. "Luise Hartnack geb. Bürkle Stolpersteine in Berlin". www.stolpersteine-berlin.de. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ neukoma49 (2013-11-11). "Luise Hartnack". tagundnachtneukoelln (in German). Retrieved 2025-04-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Plaques, Open. "Luise Hartnack (1872-1942) historical plaques and markers". openplaques.org. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ "Stolperstein Lenaustraße 6 - Berlin-Neukölln - TracesOfWar.nl". www.tracesofwar.nl. Retrieved 2025-04-26.