Shapiro, Ellen (born Oppenheim)

Ellen Shapiro (née Oppenheim) was born on 15 or 19.1.1915 in Erfurt, Germany and died on 31.10.1998 in Ein Shemer, Israel. Her parents were Herman and Johannah (Baden) Oppenheim, a religious Zionist family. Ellen grew up in Berlin-Grunewald. She studied at the Sozialpädagogische Seminar of the Verein Jugendheim between 1932 and 1933 (Kindergärtnerinnen-Hortnerinnenseminar). She immigrated to Palestine at the end of 1934, and was married to Benek Shapiro. They had three children. Ellen worked at the ‘workers' farm’ (Meshek Poalot) in Petah Tikva. She later worked as a kindergarten teacher and elementary school teacher, and in special needs education.