Thekla Kauffmann's parental home

Thekla Kauffmann was an important Stuttgart personality. She campaigned for women's suffrage, was the first Jewish member of the first state parliament of Württemberg (1919) and later helped Jews to prepare their departure from Germany. She also worked for many years at the state employment office until she was dismissed in 1933 due to the ban on Jews working in the civil service. She was able to emigrate from Germany in 1941 and survived the Holocaust. She died in 1980 at the age of 97.