Berliner Innenstadt in Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Germany — Northeast German Plain (The European Plain)
Hilde Radusch
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 4, 2025
1. Hilde Radusch Marker
Born November 6, 1903 · Independent thinker · Trained at the Pestalozzi-Fröbel Institute · Lesbian · Telephone operator · Employee representative · Member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) · Persecuted under the Nazi regime · Imprisoned at the Barnimstrasse Women's Prison · Partner: Else Klopsch, known as "Eddy" · Mittagstisch · Went into hiding in 1944/45 and survived · Staff member at the Schöneberg district office for "Victims of Fascism" · Politically homeless · Survivor of adversity
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Erected 2012 by Miss Marples Schwestern.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Government & Politics • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is August 2, 1994.
Location. 52° 29.824′ N, 13° 20.956′ E. Marker is in Berlin, in Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It is in Berliner Innenstadt. It is at the intersection of Eisenacher Straße and Winterfeldtstraße, on the right when traveling south on Eisenacher Straße. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Eisenacher Str 12, Berlin 10777, Germany. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, Central Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Christopher Isherwood (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Else Lasker-Schüler (about 240 meters away); Erwin Piscator (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Totgeschlagen, Totgeschwiegen / Struck Dead, Deadly Silence (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Kurt Hiller (approx. one kilometer away); David Bowie (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Die erste neue Straße / The First New Street
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 4, 2025
2. Hilde Radusch Marker - wide view
The marker (right) is part of a 3-panel memorial to Radusch located near her last home.
Also see . . .
1. Hilde Radusch (Wikipedia). Overview:
Hilde Radusch (6 November 1903 – 2 August 1994) was a German political activist (KPD, SPD) who became involved in anti-fascist resistance. As the 20th century progressed, she became increasingly prominent as a feminist and lesbian activist.(Submitted on September 8, 2025.)
2. Hilde Radusch (1903 - 1994) (Miss Marples Schwestern, in German). Excerpt (in translation):
It is the first memorial site in Berlin for a lesbian woman persecuted under the Nazi regime.(Submitted on September 8, 2025.)
Our concept for the monument is not simply a bronze plaque to look at and then walk away from, but rather interactive and inviting – meaning: a place to linger and engage, a space for dialogue and exchange...
Radusch is an example of why current persecution criteria are insufficient for adequately addressing persecution (especially of lesbian women) during the Nazi era. Radusch lived openly as a lesbian from the 1920s onward, she was a communist, and was persecuted and imprisoned by the Nazis as a so-called "political" opponent.
According to the conventional definition of persecution, she was not persecutedas a lesbian woman, because the androcentric system only recognizes as Nazi victims the gay men persecuted under Section 175. Nevertheless – Radusch experienced her persecution as a lesbian woman who did not conform to the Nazi ideology's construction of femininity...Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 4, 20253. Hilde Radusch portrait and quote„Ich habe mich nie als Frau gefühlt... aber frage mich nicht, als was sonst.“, which may be translated to, "I never felt like a woman... but don't ask me what else I felt like."
3. Immer Kämpferin, nicht Opfer. Ein Gedenkort für Hilde Radusch (Youtube, 7:03, in German). Title translated: Always a fighter, not a victim. A memorial for Hilde Radusch. The video intersperses clips of the dedication of the memorial for Radusch with persons talking about her life. (Submitted on September 8, 2025.)
Additional keywords. lgbt, lgbtq, Gedenktafel
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 4, 2025
4. Hilde Radusch poem - Wir gehen den Weg (“We Walk the Path”)
We walk the path
into the fog
of the world
and have the courage
to make a decision.
And we have the resolve
to discern what is right.
No one can help
or give advice, or guide us.
Alone, cautiously and surely,
slowly and responsibly,
without any help.
Alone.
You - yourself, I - myself.
(Berlin 1978)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 82 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 8, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
