The Professional School Darmstadt 1947-48
The School Building on the Steubenplatz 17

The school was established in the remains of the Main-Neckar train station (Main-Neckar-Bahnhof) at the Steubenplatz 17 in Darmstadt. The same building hosted in the 1920's the State Welfare Department and from 1937 the Nazi's welfare organization of the district Hesse-Nassau and was named the "Jacob-Sprenger house" after the Nazi local official.
On the Steubenplatz was also the Ludwigs train station(Ludwigsbahnhof), right next to the Main-Neckar train station(Main-Neckar-Bahnhof), which holds today the Social Court of the State Hessen (Hessisches Landessozialgericht). An exhibition in the foyer displays part of the story of the school.

The Darmstaedter Echo, Tuesday December 9, 1947 tells of the building which hosted the School: "Die erste juedische Berufsfachschule, die in Deutschland besteht, wurde am Freitag im Rahmen einer Feier im alten Bahnhofsgebaeude am Steubenplatz in Darmstadt durch den Leiter der Militaerregierung fuer den Stadt- und Landkreis Darmstadt, Oberst Rose eroeffnet."

The History of the Building Pictures and Articles of the Past

The Building in 1937	Book Excerpt. Pict Weissgaerber	Darmstaedter Tageblatt 1.10.1037	Haus des Sozialiamus	Hessische Landes-Zeitung 1.10.1937
Hessische Landes-Zeitung 1.10.1937	Station1	Station2	Station3	Station4
Station5

The pictures were found in the city archive (Stadtarchive) Darmstadt thanks to the help of Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Kniess.