International reading room for children, organized by Jella Lepman, née Lehmann

At the age of 17, Jella Lepman, née Lehmann, organized an international reading room for the children of foreign workers at the Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory here in 1908.

Her passion for children's and young people's literature lasted a lifetime. In 1949, she co-founded and initiated the International Youth Library in Munich.