| Josefine Ollmann | |
 Ollman on her 111th birthday in 2019. | |
| Birth: | 11 November 1908 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Death: | 16 July 2022 Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Age: | 113 years, 247 days |
| Country: |  GER
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| Validated | |
Josefine Ollmann (née Dosch; 11 November 1908 – 16 July 2022) was a German supercentenarian who was the oldest person ever to have been born and died in Germany whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), until her age was surpassed by Charlotte Kretschmann on 8 August 2023. She is one of the oldest known survivors of COVID-19, recovering from the disease at the age of 113 in February 2022, and is the oldest person in Germany to have contracted and recovered from the disease.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Josefine Ollmann was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (now Bavaria, Germany) on 11 November 1908. Her father was an engineer, so the family often moved to other places like the Netherlands, Oberschlesien and Berlin. She had a younger brother.
Ollmann's 10th birthday in 1918 occured the same day World War I ended.
When she finished university in Wittenberg, Ollmann was the top of her class. She got an apprenticeship as a laborant, and worked at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut in Berlin.
Ollmann married a lawyer in 1939. In 1944, they had a son (named Rainer) and a daughter. After World War II, they fled from Greifswald to Kellinghusen to escape the Red Army. Her husband died in 1952.
Later Life, COVID-19 Survival, and Death[]
Ollmann wrote in her diary and played Scrabble until the age of 100. She lived in her own house until the age of 107.
On 30 January 2022, at the age of 113 years, 80 days, Ollmann may have surpassed the age of Mathilde Mange, becoming the oldest woman ever to live in Germany, until Charlotte Kretschmann surpassed her age on 8 August 2023. In February 2022, she survived COVID-19, making her one of the oldest known survivors of the disease, as well as the oldest person in Germany who contracted and recovered from the disease.
Josefine Ollmann died on 16 July 2022 in a retirement home in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, at the age of 113 years, 247 days. At the time of her death, she had four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was also the last surviving German person born in 1908. Her age was verified by Stefan Jamin, Ulrich Koch, and Thomas Breining, Isabel Ollman, Robert Young, Waclaw Jan Kroczek and validated by the GRG on 15 February 2023.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Recent historical validations by the Gerontology Research Group Gerontology Research Group
- Josefine Ollmann aus Itzehoe wird 111 Jahre alt Norddeutsche Rundschau, 10 November 2019
- Josefine Ollmann aus Itzehoe wird am 11. November 113 Jahre alt Norddeutsche Rundschau, 11 November 2021
- Dank Ginseng und ohne Rauchen: Josefine Ollmann aus Itzehoe ist 113 Jahre alt Norddeutsche Rundschau, 12 November 2021
- Älteste Frau Deutschlands gestorben: Geheimnis von 113 Jahren Bild, 25 July 2022
- Mit 113 Jahren: Josefine Ollmann stirbt in Itzehoer Pflegeeinrichtung Norddeutsche Rundschau, 25 July 2022