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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 attended school until she completed 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/> |
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 attended school until she completed 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/> |
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After school Weisenborn went on a long journey through both France and England, working while traveling as an [[au pair]]<ref name="CH Beek p.8/> and learning the language. While travelling, Weisenborn met [[Libertas Schulze-Boysen|Libertas Haas-Heye]].<ref name="CH Beek p.8/> |
After school Weisenborn went on a long journey through both France and England, working while traveling as an [[au pair]]<ref name="CH Beek p.8/> and learning the language. While travelling, Weisenborn met [[Libertas Schulze-Boysen|Libertas Haas-Heye]].<ref name="CH Beek p.8/> FFrom 1937 to 1938 Weisenborn worked as private tutor at [[Schwerin Castle]] in [[Mecklenburg]].<ref name="CH Beek p.8/> |
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Revision as of 08:50, 22 July 2023
Joy Weisenborn | |
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 Joy Weisenborn in 1941 | |
| Born | Margarete Schnabel 5 September 1914 |
| Died | 22 December 1942 (aged 28) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Movement | Member of the Red Orchestra ("Rote Kapelle") |
| Spouse | Gunther Weisenborn |
Margarete "Joy" Weisenborn (5 September 1914 in Essen, 2004 in Heide) was a German resistance fighter against Nazism, writer and singer.[1]
Life
Weisenborn, born Margarethe Shnabel was the daughter Johannes Julius Schnabel who owned a small manufacturing factory in Wuppertal.[1] As a child, she attended school until she completed 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, working while traveling as an au pair[2] and learning the language. While travelling, Weisenborn met Libertas Haas-Heye.[2] FFrom 1937 to 1938 Weisenborn worked as private tutor at Schwerin Castle in Mecklenburg.[2]
Arrest
On 26 September 1942, Joy and Günther Weisenborn were arrested.[3]
On July 2017, their son, Christian Weisenborn 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.[4]
Bibliography
- 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.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ehlert-Klein, Ronald. "Die guten Feinde". Kinofenster (in German). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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