Johanna Seligmann-Coppel – A life for the family

Description

The documentary film “Johanna Seligmann-Coppel – A Life for the Family” will once again be screened free of charge at Villa Seligmann.

The movie

To the 160. On the occasion of Johanna Seligmann-Coppel’s 100th birthday, her great-granddaughter Andrea Rey-Suter , with the support of her descendants in Switzerland, Argentina, Mexico and Germany, embarked on a very personal encounter with her great-grandmother’s story. Together with the Austrian filmmaker Helmut Wimmer she followed Johanna’s present-day traces and sought out people who contributed to the reconstruction of this personal portrait with their stories.
This “cinematic” search for traces provides unique insights into the life of Johanna Seligmann-Coppel, the former landlady of Villa Seligmann, and her descendants. She was the daughter of honorary Solingen citizen and industrial magnate Gustav Coppel and wife of Continental factory director Siegmund Seligmann. In the last years of her life, Johanna Seligmann, as a Jew, had to follow the catastrophic effects of Nazi rule from exile in Switzerland. In 1943, Johanna Seligmann-Coppel, worried about her family who had stayed behind in Germany, made a desperate attempt to save her granddaughters…

Free admission, donations are requested. As places are limited, registration is required via the webshop, at karten@villa-seligmann.de or by calling 0511 844887-200. Safety note: Bags and rucksacks larger than A4 must be left at the checkroom. Admission from 15 minutes before the start of the event.