The starting point for this book was research into the life story of Else Goldschmidt (1898‒1975), the world’s first female stockbroker. On 15 December 1927, she received admission to trade on the Berlin Stock Exchange at Burgstraße 25. She was the first woman in Germany to be entitled to attend the stock exchange meetings. This licence had been made possible by the gender equality enshrined in the constitution of the Weimar Republic, as well as by changes to stock exchange legislation, which lifted the centuries-long ban on women trading on the stock exchange.
Katrin Richter: “ELSE’S STORY. From the life of the world’s first female stockbroker”, 100-word texts: Celina Berghaus, Jonas Böddicker, Franka Fetzer, Lilli Hallmann, Gerrit Heber, Rebekka Reichert, Leon Richter and Josephine Tiede, translation: Michael Thomas Taylor, book design: Ricarda Löser, editing: Jana Mangold, Ethical consultation: Sharon Adler, LUCIA Verlag Weimar, 2023, €30, ISBN: 978-3-94530-171-5. The book is available via Open Access at: https://doi.org/10.25643/dbt.64509.
The book was funded by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Equal Opportunities Fund, Diversity Fund, Women’s Promotion Fund, Kreativfonds, Publication Fund), the Friends of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar e.V. and the Sparkassenstiftung Weimar-Weimarer Land. Proceeds from the sale of the books will go towards new student publication projects.
Reading as part of the Kunstfest Weimar 2024:
‘ELSE’S STORY. The journey of an emancipated Jewish woman through the turmoil of the 20th century»
10 September 2024 | 6.00–7.30 pm | Study Centre of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library | free admission
with Katrin Richter, Torsten Schulz, Kathrin Zeidler, students of LUCIA Verlag Weimar
Musical accompaniment: Marius Staible & Daniel Roth (accordion duo con:trust®), University of Music FRANZ LISZT
Weimar A collaboration between Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, the Duchess Anna Amalia Library Weimar and LUCIA Verlag Weimar.
Exhibit »ELSEˈS STORY. From the compensation file of Else Goldschmidt, the world’s first female stockbroker«
15 May – 12 September 2024 | Volkshochschule Weimar | 1st floor
Concept: Dr Katrin Richter, Design: PhD Ricarda Löser
A joint event organised by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Volkshochschule Weimar.
Reading and discussion as part of the Kunstfest Weimar
2024 »ELSEˈS STORY. The journey of an emancipated Jewish woman through the turmoil of the 20th century«
25 August 2024 | 11am – 1.30pm | Lichthaus Cinema (Schlosserwerkstatt) | Free admission
with Katrin Richter, Torsten Schulz, Ricarda Löser, students from LUCIA Verlag Weimar
Musical accompaniment: Marius Staible & Daniel Roth (accordion duo con:trust®), University of Music FRANZ LISZT
Weimar Following the reading, there will be a discussion led by Anja Zachow (Thuringian State Agency for Political Education) with Dr Katrin Richter.
A collaboration between Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Kunstfest Weimar, Thuringia State Agency for Political Education, Lichthaus Cinema and LUCIA Verlag Weimar.
Reading as part of
‘summaery2024’ ‘ELSE’S STORY. The
Prequel’ 13 July 2024 | 8 pm | Bauhaus.Atelier | free admission
with Katrin Richter
Musical improvisation: Haonan Guo (University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Master’s student in Composition)
Presentation ‘ELSE’S STORY. On the discovery and reconstruction of the life story of Else Goldschmidt, the world’s first female stockbroker»
26 June 2024 | 6–7.30 pm | Volkshochschule Weimar | free admission
Spokesperson: Dr Katrin Richter
An event organised in cooperation with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Volkshochschule Weimar.
Radio intervention “Berührungspunkte” as part of DEMOKRATIE STÄRKEN
13 May 2024 | 7.40–8 pm | Galerie Eigenheim in Weimarhallenpark
Interview by Henriette Fridoline Schmidt with Katrin Richter on women, finance and democracy
Leipzig Book Fair 2024: New Reading and New Writing II
22 March 2024 | 2–3 pm
Podcast conversation between Simon Frisch and Katrin Richter about ELSE’S STORY
Further events
Reading at MASCHA
4 February 2024 | 5 pm at MASCHA, Weimar
with Katrin Richter and Kathrin Zeidler (readers), Haonan Guo (violin) and Ricarda Löser (book designer) and Tillmann Heide
Poster exhibition to mark ‘15 Years of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Kreativfonds’
29 September 2023 – 8 January 2024
Foyer of the University Library at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Vernisage: 29 September 2023, 11.30 am
Text: Katrin Richter, Design: Ricarda Löser
Exhibit as part of summaery and the Bauhaus Weeks
11 July 2023 – 22 September 2023
Foyer of the University Library of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Closing event: 22 September 2023, 5 pm
The exhibit was funded by the Weimarer Republik e.V. (Federal Ministry of Justice) as part of the ‘23 x 1000’ funding programme, as one of 23 projects in Germany focusing on the inflationary year of 1923.
Text: Katrin Richter, Design: Ricarda Löser
Reading and book launch
13 July 2023, 7–9 pm at the LiteraturEtage of the Literarische Gesellschaft Thüringen e.V.
with Katrin Richter and Kathrin Zeidler (readers), Haonan Guo (violin), Ricarda Löser (book designer) and Alexandra Noack (publisher)