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Charlotte Mühsam (1881-1971) was part of the Lübeck branch of the Mühsam family. She was the sister of the noted anarchist writer Erich Mühsam. In 1908, she married the lawyer Leo Landau. In addition to being an artist, Charlotte was politically active, serving in the Lübeck city council from 1919 to 1921. In the mid-1920s, she also became an active member of the Jewish feminist organization, Jüdischer Frauenbund. Charlotte helped founding its hostel, the Heim des Jüdischen Frauenbundes in Wyk-auf-Föhr. Both, Leo and Charlotte Landau, were active Zionists from an early age, and in 1933 they emigrated to Haifa. They had three children, Gustav, Hans, and Eva.

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Landau-Mühsam, Charlotte: [Charlotte Landau, née Mühsam] : self-portrait, Leo Baeck Institute, 89.51a.