Stumbling block: Franziska Bruck

<p>Franziska Bruck was a school founder, author and entrepreneur and was born in Ratibor in 1866. She made art with flowers.</p><p>Often it was just a branch in a narrow vase that developed a tremendous life of its own: idiosyncratic, lively, powerful and beautiful. Franziska Bruck refrained from opulent, colorful strands with specially selected flowers. Her bouquets were not constricting, but tried to do justice to the natural beauty of each plant. In doing so, she was guided by the natural growth of the plant according to season and form.</p><p>Awarded numerous prizes and highly praised by the press, she founded her school for floral design in Potsdamer Strasse in Berlin in 1912 and later in Bleibtreustra&szlig;e, Berlin. To avoid imminent deportation, Franziska Bruck committed suicide on January 2, 1942. A stumbling stone at Prinzregentenstra&amp;l;e 75, Berlin, commemorates her last place of residence.</p><p>This entry was created as part of the exhibition &bdquo;Defiance - Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era&ldquo; at the Jewish Museum Berlin&nbsp;(July 11 to November 23, 2025). Further information on the exhibition can be found <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jmberlin.de/en/defiance-jewish-women-and-design-modern-era"… </a>and in the links below.</p>