Portrait of Walter, Kurt, Freddy and Hal Gottschalk (Godsaw) in the garden wearing suits; Hannover, Germany. Portraits Children

From left to right: Walter, Kurt, Freddy and Hal Gottschalk (Godsaw)

Walter, Kurt, Freddy and Hal Gottschalk (Godsaw); Hannover, Germany. Portraits children

On shoulders left to right: Freddy, Walter; standing left to right: Kurt, Hal

Uskonnonopetuksen tunnustuksellisuus koulun kiistakysymyksenä : Evankelinen herätysliike oppivelvollisuuskoulun kristillisyyden asialla 1912-1926

In the early years of independence the Finnish school system went through a major change. Both the Compulsory school attendance act (1921) and the Religious freedom act (1923) were legislated almost simultaneously. Although the legislators were deciding on the whole content of the citizenship education given in the compulsory school, their attention was mainly concentrated on the issue of the religious education. The former study concerning the subject shows that this issue was strongly influenced by the political power struggle between the conservative and the socialist parties. One of the underlying factors was also the Church s decreased authority concerning the elementary school. The aim of this research was to study the Finnish evangelical movement s attitude and opinions on the issue of religious education and on its status and nature. Their opinions on the issue were especially investigated from the point of view of their own evangelical lower elementary school teachers seminar, which was deeply connected with the matter of confessionalism. The source material of this research of educational history consist of documents of the school administration and the Lutheran Evangelical Association as well as of vast collection of educational, Church s and evangelical movement s journals. According to the results of this study, the evangelical movement plead very strongly for denominational religious education. However, the confessionalism they were pursuing differed from the common understanding of the concept at that time. This became evident both because of their demands for increased education on the Christian doctrine and because of their sharp criticism against loosely confessional, generally Christian religious education. The evangelical movement s strict opinion was combined with their effort to emphasize the Lutherian doctrine in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland. The founding of the Evangelical seminar for lower elementary school teachers in Karkku was a significant indication of the evangelical movement s dedication to strive towards school s Christianity. The objective of the evangelical seminar was to change the school by means of training evangelical minded teachers. The seminar was only a part of much larger plans of evangelical education and home missionary work. However, maintaining the seminar proved to be impossible, especially as the National Board of Education was absolutely against it, claiming that it would endanger the unity of the compulsory school. The National Board of Education indicated that the objectivity of citizenship education would be forfeit, if every marginal ideological movement could educate their own teachers.

Walter, Ilse, Freddy, Ursula, and Rudolf Gottschalk with Edith Braunschweig in costumes dancing to a minuet for the 80th birthday celebration of Henriette Gottschalk; Hannover, Germany. Portraits Children

On 5 Oct 1929 the family got together in Hannover to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Henrietta Gottschalk nee Rothschild where the children danced a minuet by Beethoven or Mozart; left to right: Grandniece Edith Braunschweig, Walter Gottschalk, Ilse Gottschalk, Freddy Gottschalk, Ursula Gottschalk, and Rudolf Gottschalk

The six Gottschalk children Ursula, Elizabeth, Hal, Kurt, Freddy and Walter seated in a Strandkorb (roofed wicker beach chair); Nordeney, Germany. Portraits Children

Front row Walter (left) and Freddy; middle row Kurt (left) and Hal; back row Ursula (left) and Elizabeth

The six Gottschalk children Kurt, Walter, Elizabeth, Freddy, Ursula and Hal in the water on the beach; Nordeney, Germany.

From left to right: Kurt, Walter, Elizabeth, Freddy, Ursula and Hal Gottschalk

Gottschalk family in the park; Hannover, Germany. Portraits Family

Left to right: Therese Godshaw (Gottschalk) nee Molling, Walter, Freddy, Grandmother Henriette Gottschalk nee Rothschild, Ursula, Hal and Kurt

Henny Molling nee Meyerhof, Therese Gottschalk nee Molling, Kurt, Elizabeth and Hal Gottschalk on the beach; Norderney, Germany.

Sitting in the Strandkorb (beach chair) at Norderney are Henny Molling and Therese Gottschalk; sitting in the sand are Kurt, Elizabeth and Hal Gottschalk

Nachum Glatzer studying Torah Portraits Men

Signed by photographer lower right

Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt; Berlin Portraits Children

Born 1923?

Passport portrait of Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt Portraits Children

Born 1923?

Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt outside the Richmond Park Hotel; Karlsbad Portraits Women

Born 1923?

Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt skiing; Italy Portraits Women

Born 1923?

Portrait of Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt Portraits Women

Born 1923?

Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt with her parents Paula Goldschmidt née Harmelin and Martin Goldschmidt, walking on the street outside the Richmond Park Hotel; Karlsbad Portraits Family

Paula Goldschmidt, née Harmelin, born 1880; Martin Goldschmidt, born circa 1879; Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt, born 1923?