Elisabeth Blochmann
About this site
When you consult Wikipedia, as my students do, as we all do, to learn more about Elisabeth Blochmann you read:
...Of some importance for, and great interest in, the history of philosophy is Blochmann's steamy affair (over many decades) with her philosophical teacher Martin Heidegger. It is probably fair to say that, after that with Hannah Arendt, she had one of the most important extramarital affairs with Heidegger (as is known since 2005, Heidegger led something of an open marriage and his wife Elfriede both knew about his affairs and conducted her own). Elfriede Heidegger and Elisabeth Blochmann were friends and former classmates....
Steamy love affair. How is this a fair assessment?
I created this site to house links, references, and be my general digital workspace as I try to bring greater attention to Blochmann and her contributions to philosophy and pedagogy. I welcome any and all feedback, support, guidance, corrections, and collaborations: mkruger@wcupa.edu
Letters
Martin Heidegger — Elisabeth Blochmann. Briefwechsel 1918–1969. Joachim W. Storck, ed. Marbach am Neckar: Deutsches Literatur-Archiv, 1989, 2nd edn. 1990. (Google Sheet: List of letters and translations)
Secondary Sources (Written about Blochmann)
Elisabeth Blochmann (1892–1972), Wolfgang Klafki and Helmut-Gerhard Müller, ed., Marburg: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg, 1992. (I only have the first 40 pages)
Festgabe für Elisabeth Blochmann zum 70. Geburtstag. K.-E. Nipkow and Peter-M. Roeder, eds. (Have not located)
Pädagogische Analysen und Reflexionen. Festschrift für Elisabeth Blochmann zum 75. Geburtstag. Peter-M. Roeder, ed. (Have not located)
Elisabeth Blochmann : First-Lady der akademischen Pädagogik, Juliane Jacobi, Mütterlichkeit als Profession? Lebensläufe deutscher Pädagoginnen in der ersten Hälfte dieses Jahrhunderts / Ilse Brehmer (Hrsg.). - Pfaffenweiler : Centaurus-Verl.-Ges., 1990. - S. 256-264 ISBN 3-89085-331-5
Elisabeth Blochmann zum 100. Geburtstag, Juliane Jacobi, Neue Sammlung : Vierteljahres-Zeitschrift fu ̈r Erziehung und Gesellschaft. - 32 (1992), S. 317-326. - ISSN 0028-3355
Rough Translations
Biography (written by Elfride Heidegger) in Heidegger-Blochmann Correspondence, p. 121 [link; German first, scroll for English]
Nachwort/Afterword (written by Joachim W. Storck) in Heidegger-Blochmann Correspondence, pp. 125-129 [link; German first, scroll for English]
Biographical Timeline in Heidegger-Blochmann Correspondence, pp. 131-134 [German; English]