Career
She was an enthusiast and expert on the realist writer Theodor Fontane. Jolles was born in Berlin in 1909. Jolles wrote a Phd theseis in 1937 which was accepted and never published because the subject matter was not politically acceptable and Jolles was deemed half-Jewish.
Her study concerned the German novelist Theodor Fontane.
Jolles arrived in London in 1939 on a temporary visa. She worked with the children of refugees before she started teaching German at Watford Girls Grammar School.
Jolles became a British citizen in 1946. She rose to be a Professor at Birkbeck College in 1974.
Jolles resigned in 1977 as a Professor emeritus to undertake research.
Jolles died in Camden, London in 2003.