Death and Memorials

1. Neue Zürcher, March 3, 1970:
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Obituary
On March 1st, 1970, our dear sister and aunt
Mrs. Prof. Dr. phil
Franziska Tramer-Baumgarten

passed away peacefully after severe suffering.

In deep mourning:
Felicia Campetti-Baumgarten
Janina Silberman, USA
Peter Stone, USA
Family and friends

Laying in state at the Bern crematorium

The funeral ceremony will take place: Wednesday, March 4th, 1970, 9 a.m. in the chapel of the crematorium at the Bremengarten cemetery, Bern.

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UNIVERSITY OF BERN

We would like to inform the members of the teaching staff and the student body of the university, the authorities and the wider public that our highly esteemed colleague (12006

Mrs. Prof. Dr. Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer

since 1929 private lecturer since 1954 former honorary professor of psychotechnology

died on March 1st, 1970 after a long and serious illness. We will remember our esteemed colleague with gratitude.

Bern, March 2nd, 1970 The Rector: Walter Müller

Laying out in the crematorium of the Bremgarten cemetery. - The funeral service will take place on Wednesday, March 4th, 1970, at 9:00 a.m., in the crematorium of the Bremgarten cemetery.

From  Der Bund, Volume 121, Number 50, March 2, 1970

Ms. Prof. Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer

Prof. Dr. Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer has died in Bern at an advanced age. She was a lecturer at our university for many years, most recently as an associate professor. Her subject was psychotechnology, which she played a key role in establishing. She was particularly interested in the ethical problems of psychology. She was closely associated with the "Bund" for decades as a valuable employee.[1] We will return to the life and work of the deceased at this point.

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BREMGARTEN CEMETERY BERN

IDENTIFICATION

for additional burial of the urn no. 43940 Tramer - Baumgarten Franciska

in the existing grave Tramer Moritz

Hain 2. -Abt._ R.- 3 no._ 5595

Burial: Thursday, March 5, 1970, 9:00 a.m.

Bern Municipal Police Department CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

From Der Bund, Volume 121, Number 54, March 6, 1970

Frau Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer Dr. phil. Honorary Professor in memory

After a busy life filled with passionate devotion to the tasks she had once recognized, Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer has recently put down her pen for good. Readers of the "Bund" have known this extraordinary woman for years through occasional statements in which she attempted to fight injustice or to demonstrate significant developments in her field with logical reasoning and occasionally in a combative style. 

Anyone who came into contact with the deceased was impressed by her almost masculine emphasis and objective, thorough pursuit of all the goals she had set for herself, and her ability to assert herself and assert herself was never abused for selfish purposes. 

We first encountered this woman in her academic work shortly before about 45 years ago. At that time, she had made extraordinary contributions to the knowledge of the career aspirations and favorite subjects of gifted elementary school children in Berlin and to work science and psychotechnology. A book on professional aptitude tests then made her name internationally known. It was published in French, Polish, Russian and Spanish. 

We then met Mrs Baumgarten in person again as the wife of the pioneer of child and adolescent psychiatry Moritz Tramer. Here she showed herself to be an alert colleague of her husband in the field of youth psychology, who had not, however, given up her original domain of occupational psychology. It was always a miracle to see what this rather fragile-looking woman, who was severely physically handicapped by hearing and eye damage, could achieve. She also shared her devotion to her work with her husband's work. She could often be found at international events where Moritz Tramer was present as a child psychiatrist. As much as she was internally involved in these events - we are thinking in particular of the Symposium of European Paedopsychiatrists, which Tramer co-founded - she consciously took a back seat outside of the social context. 

The external path of this woman who spoke little about herself is quickly outlined. In 1929 she qualified as a professor at the University of Bern, which made her honorary professor in 1953. She became a member of various important international scientific associations (for applied psychology, for career counseling, for general psychology, sociology, education, member of the International Council of Psychologists USA, and the Federation Mondiale pour la Sante Mentale, at whose Berne conference she gave the introductory lecture a few years ago in place of the German minister who was unable to attend). 

Mrs. Baumgarten-Tramer was hospitable when receiving her visitors, but she was equally reserved with all personal information. This woman possessed a profound knowledge of the cultures of various Slavic and Central European peoples. Before she achieved international recognition she must have experienced many hard and bitter things that may have kept her mouth shut. Only occasionally did she express surprise at not having met with rejection, which her combative manner easily provoked, but with gratitude, which to her own surprise she may have encountered here and there. 

So we remember the joy with which she showed the very personally furnished home in the Spiegel in Bern a few years ago, which had been given to her and her husband. She said that sometimes you could almost believe that there were still good people in the world. 

Despite all the scepticism, Mrs Baumgarten-Tramer remained a fighter for the good and the true. She fought in her own way. Her ability to perform, which was shown in a large series of books on child and youth psychology, vocational studies and work psychology and on ethical problems, was only possible because she evidently maintained the utmost discipline with extraordinary rigor towards herself. So it is certainly in the spirit of the deceased if we speak with great respect of the greatness of her example and the importance of her achievements in all personal matters, but respect the restraint that Mrs Baumgarten-Tramer herself exercised. 

Throughout her life she demanded a great deal of herself, gave a great deal to those around her and perhaps also expected a great deal from others, which tragically she was unable to get because she had actually hidden her personal wishes completely in her work.

A. Friedemann, Biel [2]