Alice Archenhold

Alice Archenhold
Born(1874-08-27)27 August 1874
Wiesbaden, Germany
Died9 February 1943(1943-02-09) (aged 68)
Theresienstadt Ghetto, Czechoslovakia
NationalityGerman
SpouseFriedrich Simon Archenhold
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Alice-Archenhold-Weg in Berlin-Niederschöneweide.

Alice Archenhold (née Markus; 27 August 1874 – 9 February 1943)[1][2] was a German astronomer whose husband was fellow astronomer Friedrich Simon Archenhold.[3][4]

Alice Markus was born in Wiesbaden, Germany,[5] and married Friedrich Simon Archenhold in July 1897 and lived in Berlin. They went on to have five children together.

Her sons, Günter, who became an astronomer, and Horst, both fled to England, but Alice was arrested and deported (along with her daughter Hilde) to Theresienstadt concentration camp, in Czechoslovakia, where she died on 9 February 1943.[6][7]

She is commemorated on her husband's grave at the Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde, Berlin.

In 2010 a street in Treptow-Köpenick was renamed after her as Alice Archenhold Weg.[4][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Becker, Monika (1993). Juden in Treptow: sie haben geheissen wir ihr heisst (1. Aufl ed.). Edition Hentrich. pp. 10, 37. ISBN 3894680652.
  2. ^ Frauenmosaik : Frauenbiographien aus dem Berliner Stadtbezirk Treptow-Köpenick (1. Aufl ed.). Trafo. 2001. pp. 13, 19. ISBN 9783896263438.
  3. ^ "Einstein und Archenhold". www.einstein-website.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b Konrad Jarausch; Matthias Middell; Annette Vogt (9 January 2013). Geschichte der Universität Unter den Linden 1810-2010: Sozialistisches Experiment und Erneuerung in der Demokratie - die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 1945-2010. De Gruyter. pp. 182–3. ISBN 978-3-05-006313-3.
  5. ^ "Terezín Memorial". www.pamatnik-terezin.cz. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Alice Archenhold | Database of victims | Holocaust". www.holocaust.cz. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  7. ^ Virginia Trimble; Thomas R. Williams; Katherine Bracher (18 September 2007). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-387-30400-7.
  8. ^ "Straßenumbenennung in Niederschöneweide". Berlin.de (archived). Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2018.


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