Klara Griefahn was a Jewish medical doctor who committed suicide in 1945 to avoid deportation by the Nazis.
11 Facts About Klara Griefahn
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Klara Griefahn completed her studies in Jena and received her license on 3 November 1923.
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Klara Griefahn joined her husband's practice, focusing on postpartum recovery and infant care.
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Klara Griefahn was the first to introduce free counselling for young mothers in Jena.
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In 1924 Klara Griefahn gave birth to her son Sigurd and in 1928 to her daughter Dorte.
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Klara Griefahn went back to work in her husbands' practice.
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Klara Griefahn was denounced by a close friend and eventually admitted to being a Jew.
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Klara Griefahn lived the rest of her life in fear of deportation to a concentration camp.
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On 29 January 1945 Klara Griefahn received the deportation order to Terezin.
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Klara Griefahn took her life in the night between 30 and 31 January 1945 by taking an overdose of morphine.
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Klara Griefahn Greifahn's has been commemorated in Jena in many ways over the years:.