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Joy Weisenborn (5 September 1914 in [[Essen]], 2004 in [[Heide]]) was a German resistance fighter against Nazism, writer and singer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kettelhake |first1=Silke |title="Erzähl allen, allen von mir!" : das schöne kurze Leben der Libertas Schulze-Boysen 1913-1942 |date=2008 |publisher=Droemer |location=Münich |isbn=9783426274378 |language=de|oclc=221130666|trans-title=Tell everyone, everyone about me!' – The beautiful, short life of Libertas Schulze-Boysen, 1913–1942|page=213}}</ref>
'''Margarete "Joy" Weisenborn''' (5 September 1914 in [[Essen]], 2004 in [[Heide]]) was a German resistance fighter against Nazism as well as a writer and later a singer.<ref name="kettle">{{cite book |last1=Kettelhake |first1=Silke |title="Erzähl allen, allen von mir!" : das schöne kurze Leben der Libertas Schulze-Boysen 1913-1942 |date=2008 |publisher=Droemer |location=Münich |isbn=9783426274378 |language=de |oclc=221130666|trans-title=Tell everyone, everyone about me!' – The beautiful, short life of Libertas Schulze-Boysen, 1913–1942|page=213}}</ref>

==Life==
Weisenborn, born Margarethe Shnabel was the daughter Johannes Julius Schnabel who owned a small manufacturing factory in [[Wuppertal]].<ref name="kettle"/> As a child, she was completed her education in middle school and never attended high school.<ref name="CH Beek p.8">{{cite book |last1=Weisenborn |first1=Joy |last2=Weisenborn |first2=Günther |last3=Weisenborn |first3=Christian |last4=Weisenborn |first4=Sebastian |last5=Woller |first5=Hans |title=Liebe in Zeiten des Hochverrats: Tagebücher und Briefe aus dem Gefängnis 1942-1945 |date=2017 |publisher=C. H. Beck |location=München |isbn=9783406714221 |language=de|page=8}}</ref> Weisenborns father died when she was in middle school, and the family were forced into poverty, leading her to rebel.<ref name="CH Beek p.8"/> She was sent to a [[boarding school]] for difficult children in the Netherlands in 1933, where she trained to be a school teacher.<ref name="CH Beek p.8"/>

After school Weisenborn went on a long journey through both France and England, finding work as an [[au pair]], while she traveled<ref name="CH Beek p.8"/> and learning the language. While travelling, Weisenborn met [[Libertas Schulze-Boysen|Libertas Haas-Heye]] and exchanged details.<ref name="CH Beek p.8"/> From 1937 to 1938 Weisenborn worked as private tutor at [[Schwerin Castle]] in [[Mecklenburg]].<ref name="CH Beek p.8"/>

On 25 January 1941, Weisenborn married Günther Weisenborn.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nelson |first=Anne |title=Red Orchestra. The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler |publisher=Random House |location=New York |date=2009 |isbn=978-1-4000-6000-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/redorchestrastor00anne|page=71}}</ref>


==Arrest==
==Arrest==
On 26 September 1942, Joy and Günther Weisenborn were arrested. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Woller |first1=Hans |title=Zu viel für ein Menschenleben“– Die Weisenborns und die „Rote Kapelle |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/briefe-von-joy-und-guenther-weisenborn-liebesbeweise-1.3738769 |website=Institut für Zeitgeschichte |publisher=NS-Dokumentationszentrum München in Kooperation mit der Münchner Volkshochschule GmbH und dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin |access-date=15 July 2023 |location=Munich |language=de |date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
On 26 September 1942, Joy and Günther Weisenborn were arrested.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Woller |first1=Hans |title="Zu viel für ein Menschenleben"– Die Weisenborns und die "Rote Kapelle |trans-title="Too much for one human life"- The Weisenborns and the "Red Orchestra"|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/briefe-von-joy-und-guenther-weisenborn-liebesbeweise-1.3738769 |website=Institut für Zeitgeschichte |publisher=NS-Dokumentationszentrum München in Kooperation mit der Münchner Volkshochschule GmbH und dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin |access-date=15 July 2023 |location=Munich |language=de |date=6 April 2018}}</ref> Weisenborn was imprisoned in the women's remand prison at 79 Kantstraße in [[Charlottenburg]] from 28 January 1943 and released in April 1943. Günther Weisenborn was sentenced to death by the [[Reichskriegsgericht]] and sent to Luckau prison, until he was liberated by the [[Red Army]] in 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wörmann |first1=Heinrich-Wilhelm |title=Widerstand in Charlottenburg |date=1999 |publisher=Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand |location=Berlin |page=134 |edition=2n |url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/fileadmin/bilder/publikationen/Widerstand_in_Berlin/Widerstand%20in%20Charlottenburg_1999.pdf}}</ref>

==After World War II==
From 1969, after the death of Günther Weisenborn, she lived in Agarone, Switzerland. In old age, when the steps and stairs “on the mountain” were making her life difficult, she decided to move to a shared apartment in Ascona and then finally moved again to Heide, just before her death, so as to be near her son Sebastian.<ref>{{cite news |title=Der deutsche Arzt Sebastian Weisenborn lädt zum Gespräch über seinen Vater Günther Weisenborn |agency=Tessiner Zeitung |publisher=Rezzonico Editore SA |date=2 July 2010 |location=Locarno, Ticino |language=de}}</ref>

In July 2017, their son, {{ill|Christian Weisenborn|de}} released a documentary film "Die guten Feinde" (The Good Enemies) that features his parents along with many members of the Rote Kapelle, that attempts to draw a portrait of the group.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ehlert-Klein |first1=Ronald |title=Die guten Feinde |url=https://www.kinofenster.de/filme/filmarchiv/die-guten-feinde-film/ |website=Kinofenster |publisher=Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Weisenborn |first1=Günther |last2=Weisenborn |first2=Margrit |last3=Raabe |first3=Elisabeth |title=Einmal laß mich traurig sein: Günther Weisenborn, Joy Weisenborn [d.i. Margrit Weisenborn] ; Briefe, Lieder, Kassiber 1942-1943. [Hrsg. von Elisabeth Raabe unter Mitarb. von Joy Weisenborn] |date=1984 |publisher=Arche-Verl |location=Zürich |isbn=9783716020074 |language=de}}
* {{cite book |last1=Weisenborn |first1=Joy |title=Liebe in Zeiten des Hochverrats: Tagebücher und Briefe aus dem Gefängnis 1942-1945 Liebe in Zeiten des Hochverrats: Tagebücher und Briefe aus dem Gefängnis 1942-1945 |trans-title=Love in Times of High Treason: Diaries and Letters from Prison 1942-1945 Love in Times of High Treason: Diaries and Letters from Prison 1942-1945 |date=2017 |publisher=C.H.Beck |location=Munich |language=en}}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:20, 31 December 2023

Joy Weisenborn
Joy Weisenborn in 1941
Born
Margarete Schnabel

(1914-09-05)5 September 1914
Essen, Germany
Died2004
Heide
Resting placeLohe-Rickelshof/Schleswig-Holstein
NationalityGerman
OccupationWriter
MovementMember of the Red Orchestra ("Rote Kapelle")
SpouseGunther Weisenborn

Margarete "Joy" Weisenborn (5 September 1914 in Essen, 2004 in Heide) was a German resistance fighter against Nazism as well as a writer and later a singer.[1]

Life

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Weisenborn, born Margarethe Shnabel was the daughter Johannes Julius Schnabel who owned a small manufacturing factory in Wuppertal.[1] As a child, she was completed her education in middle school and never attended high school.[2] Weisenborns father died when she was in middle school, and the family were forced into poverty, leading her to rebel.[2] She was sent to a boarding school for difficult children in the Netherlands in 1933, where she trained to be a school teacher.[2]

After school Weisenborn went on a long journey through both France and England, finding work as an au pair, while she traveled[2] and learning the language. While travelling, Weisenborn met Libertas Haas-Heye and exchanged details.[2] From 1937 to 1938 Weisenborn worked as private tutor at Schwerin Castle in Mecklenburg.[2]

On 25 January 1941, Weisenborn married Günther Weisenborn.[3]

Arrest

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On 26 September 1942, Joy and Günther Weisenborn were arrested.[4] Weisenborn was imprisoned in the women's remand prison at 79 Kantstraße in Charlottenburg from 28 January 1943 and released in April 1943. Günther Weisenborn was sentenced to death by the Reichskriegsgericht and sent to Luckau prison, until he was liberated by the Red Army in 1945.[5]

After World War II

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From 1969, after the death of Günther Weisenborn, she lived in Agarone, Switzerland. In old age, when the steps and stairs “on the mountain” were making her life difficult, she decided to move to a shared apartment in Ascona and then finally moved again to Heide, just before her death, so as to be near her son Sebastian.[6]

In July 2017, their son, Christian Weisenborn [de] released a documentary film "Die guten Feinde" (The Good Enemies) that features his parents along with many members of the Rote Kapelle, that attempts to draw a portrait of the group.[7]

Bibliography

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  • Weisenborn, Günther; Weisenborn, Margrit; Raabe, Elisabeth (1984). Einmal laß mich traurig sein: Günther Weisenborn, Joy Weisenborn [d.i. Margrit Weisenborn] ; Briefe, Lieder, Kassiber 1942-1943. [Hrsg. von Elisabeth Raabe unter Mitarb. von Joy Weisenborn] (in German). Zürich: Arche-Verl. ISBN 9783716020074.
  • Weisenborn, Joy (2017). Liebe in Zeiten des Hochverrats: Tagebücher und Briefe aus dem Gefängnis 1942-1945 Liebe in Zeiten des Hochverrats: Tagebücher und Briefe aus dem Gefängnis 1942-1945 [Love in Times of High Treason: Diaries and Letters from Prison 1942-1945 Love in Times of High Treason: Diaries and Letters from Prison 1942-1945]. Munich: C.H.Beck.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kettelhake, Silke (2008). "Erzähl allen, allen von mir!" : das schöne kurze Leben der Libertas Schulze-Boysen 1913-1942 [Tell everyone, everyone about me!' – The beautiful, short life of Libertas Schulze-Boysen, 1913–1942] (in German). Münich: Droemer. p. 213. ISBN 9783426274378. OCLC 221130666.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Weisenborn, Joy; Weisenborn, Günther; Weisenborn, Christian; Weisenborn, Sebastian; Woller, Hans (2017). Liebe in Zeiten des Hochverrats: Tagebücher und Briefe aus dem Gefängnis 1942-1945 (in German). München: C. H. Beck. p. 8. ISBN 9783406714221.
  3. ^ Nelson, Anne (2009). Red Orchestra. The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler. New York: Random House. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4000-6000-9.
  4. ^ Woller, Hans (6 April 2018). ""Zu viel für ein Menschenleben"– Die Weisenborns und die "Rote Kapelle" ["Too much for one human life"- The Weisenborns and the "Red Orchestra"]. Institut für Zeitgeschichte (in German). Munich: NS-Dokumentationszentrum München in Kooperation mit der Münchner Volkshochschule GmbH und dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  5. ^ Wörmann, Heinrich-Wilhelm (1999). Widerstand in Charlottenburg (PDF) (2n ed.). Berlin: Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand. p. 134.
  6. ^ "Der deutsche Arzt Sebastian Weisenborn lädt zum Gespräch über seinen Vater Günther Weisenborn" (in German). Locarno, Ticino: Rezzonico Editore SA. Tessiner Zeitung. 2 July 2010.
  7. ^ Ehlert-Klein, Ronald. "Die guten Feinde". Kinofenster (in German). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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