Charlotte Joël

• Name — Charlotte Joël • Born — September 13, 1882 or 1887 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — after April 19, 1943 • Place of death — Auschwitz II-Birkenau • Known for — Portrait photographs Charlotte Joël (1882 or 1887–1943) was a German photographer.

• Illustration — Rubber stamp imprint of the photo studio Joël teamed up with photographer Marie Heinzelmann around 1918 and opened the photo studio Joël & Heinzelmann in Charlottenburg. She was mainly interested in portrait photography, her portraits of well-known subjects included Walter Benjamin, Marlene Dietrich, Karl Kraus, Hedwig Lachmann or Gustav Landauer. • Illustration — Stolperstein for Charlotte Joel After Adolf Hitler's rise to power, as a Jew she was no longer able to work in her profession from 1933, but the studio continued under the name "Joël & Heinzelmann" until 1938/39. With the help of her friend Clara Grunwald, Joël came to Landwerk Neuendorf, a Jewish workers' colony and training center, where she worked in the canteen.

On April 19, 1943, Joël was deported from Berlin to the extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau on transport no. 37, where she was murdered.

• Illustration — Karl Kraus (1921) • Illustration — Walter Benjamin (1929)