{"id":2103,"date":"2023-07-21T15:51:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/unkategorisiert\/womens-prison\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:36:05","slug":"womens-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/tour-kaethe-to-go-en\/womens-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Barnimstra\u00dfe women’s prison existed from 1868 to 1974. Barnimstra\u00dfe runs parallel to Mollstra\u00dfe just north of Alexanderplatz. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barnim Street 10th, entrance traffic school, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was initially called the Royal Prussian Women’s Prison and had a maternity ward and a mother-child ward. Great consideration was given to imprisoned mothers. They could live in a “mother cell” together with their children, where toys were available and flowers were allowed to be placed. A doctor checked on them daily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exterior view of Barnimstra\u00dfe women’s prison, 1931; Landesarchiv Berlin F Rep. 290 No. 03511<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barnimstra\u00dfe women’s prison, cell entrances 1931; Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-12435 (wikipedia).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barnimstra\u00dfe women’s prison, Hof, 1931; Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-12436 (wikipedia).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The socially committed K\u00e4the Kollwitz visited the prison repeatedly. Here, for example, she created “Weibergef\u00e4ngnis” (Women’s Prison) in 1912, one of two drawings she contributed to an exhibition to improve prison conditions for women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Weibergef\u00e4ngnis, 1912\/13; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung, C 1954\/GVL 44 \/ CC 0 Public Domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Women’s fates form an important focus in the work of K\u00e4the Kollwitz. She also visited prisons, as the charcoal drawing “Weibergef\u00e4ngnis” shows. The occasion for this sketch was the Berlin exhibition ‘Die Frau in Haus und Beruf’. Kollwitz worked on two drawings: a woman giving birth in prison and the admission of a woman with her children to the general room. <\/em>

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung, C 1954\/GVL 44 \/ CC 0 Public Domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the imperial era, prostitutes were imprisoned here, as were women who had had abortions or who had campaigned for fair wages or women’s suffrage. The most famous political inmate was Rosa Luxemburg, who served prison sentences there in 1907 and 1915\/16. Between 1933 and 1945, more than 300 women resistance fighters against National Socialism were imprisoned, for many it was the last stop before execution in Pl\u00f6tzensee. In 1974, a new prison for women was built in K\u00f6penick, and the building on Barnimstra\u00dfe was demolished. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barnimstra\u00dfe 10th, floor plan women’s prison, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barnim Street 10th, Youth Traffic School, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barnim Street 10th, entrance traffic school, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today, the site is home to a youth traffic school. The tall poplars that line it stand on the former foundation walls. A memorial plaque commemorates the prison. An audio tour of remembrance has been available for several years. An actress tells the story of five inmates who served time during five different political systems. Visitors can borrow iPods and headphones for free from the groundskeeper at the entrance on Weinstra\u00dfe, the prison’s former main entrance. The Weinstrasse formerly led to two vineyards at Volkspark Friedrichshain; it has borne the name since 1830 and is now a pedestrian path. Vine plants still entwine around the fence of the traffic school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barnim Street 10th, Youth Traffic School, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Barnimstra\u00dfe women’s prison existed from 1868 to 1974. Barnimstra\u00dfe runs parallel to Mollstra\u00dfe just north of Alexanderplatz. It was initially called the Royal Prussian Women’s Prison and had a maternity ward and a mother-child ward. Great consideration was given to imprisoned mothers. They could live in a “mother cell” together with their children, where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-cover.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tour-kaethe-to-go-en"],"geo":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2147,"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions\/2147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaethe-kollwitz-digital.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}