Henrike Voigtländer completed an apprenticeship in an art auction house in Cologne. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Art History and History from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Thereafter, she began her master's degree in Global History. Within this program, Henrike specializes in racism and visual culture especially photography. Currently, she works as a student research assistant with the research project on photography in national socialism at Humboldt Universität.