All persons
Hedwig Jahnow
1879–1944
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- theologian
Hedwig Jahnow (21 March 1879 â 22 March 1944) was a German teacher and an Old Testament theologian who studied Rabbinic Dirge, specifically Kinah.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Theresienstadt concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Hedwig Jahnow (21 March 1879 â 22 March 1944) was a German teacher and an Old Testament theologian who studied Rabbinic Dirge, specifically Kinah. In 1919 After winning an election in the first year that women were allowed to vote she became the first woman in the Marburg city council. She later became deputy headmistress of the Marburg Elisabeth School. Hedwig explored women's role in the Old Testament and contributed a number of works on this topic establishing herself as one of Germany's first female biblical scholars. Jahow's work has been cited by modern theologians as foundational to the modern study of the book of Lamentations.
Related people
Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.
Sally Mayer1889–1944German Reich- Dagobert Lubinski1893–1943German Reich
- Fritz Zeckendorf1886–1943German Reich
Fritz Zeckendorf (1886â1943) was a Hungarian screenwriter and novelist, active in German cinema during the Weimar era.
Arnold Zadikow1884–1943German ReichArnold Zadikow (27 March 1884, in Kolberg, Pomerania â 8 March 1943, at the Theresienstadt ghetto) was a modernist German-Jewish sculptor and medalist who worked in Germany and France.
Magda Spiegel1887–1944German ReichMagda Spiegel (1887â1944) was a German contralto who was a member of the Frankfurt Opera ensemble and was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
