Helene Schweitzer: A Life of Her Own
Born in Berlin, Helene Schweitzer came of age in Strasbourg during a time of great social, architectural, and historical developments. It was in this cultural milieu, as a history professor’s daughter, that Helene met a young pastor named Albert Schweitzer (–) and developed a deep friendship that flourished for a decade before their marriage in During those years, she served as the first woman Inspector of City Orphanages in Strasbourg, a position she held for four years before becoming a certified nurse. She also edited and proofread a number of Schweitzer’s books in multiple fields as they worked together to realize their shared dream of devoting their lives to humanity. Together in , Albert and Helene Schweitzer founded what is now the longest-running hospital established by Europeans in Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in current-day Gabon.
With her quiet strength, clear sense of purpose, independent spirit, and wide range of skills and talents, Helene was a model for many other women who later served the Schweitzer Hospital. Drawing upon the couple’s lifelong correspondence, as well as Helene’s journals and professional writing
Helene Schweitzer: A Life of Her Own
Born in Berlin, Helene Schweitzer came of age in Strasbourg during a time of great social, architectural, and historical developments. It was in this cultural milieu, as a history professor’s daughter, that Helene met a young pastor named Albert Schweitzer (–) and developed a deep friendship that flourished for a decade before their marriage in During those years, she served as the first woman Inspector of City Orphanages in Strasbourg, a position she held for four years before becoming a certified nurse. She also edited and proofread a number of Schweitzer’s books in multiple fields as they worked together to realize their shared dream of devoting their lives to humanity. Together in , Albert and Helene Schweitzer founded what is now the longest-running hospital established by Europeans in Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in current-day Gabon. With her quiet strength, clear sense of purpose, independent spirit, and wide range of skills and talents, Helene was a model for many other women who later served the Schweitzer Hospital. Drawing upon the couple’s lifelong correspondence, as well as Helene’s journals and professional writi
The Albert Schweitzer - Helene Bresslau Letters,
This book provides the only personal portrait of Schweitzer, here as a young man on a quest to better the lot of humankind, and of the woman who helped to shape that pursuit. Schweitzer was twenty-six and Helene Bresslau twenty-two when they met. He was preparing for an academic life in theology and philosophy, while his skill as a musician supplemented his intellectual work. Helene stepped beyond the conventions of the day by entering the nursing field, by founding a welfare program for single mothers, and fearlessly stating her own opinions. While Schweitzer searched for his path, Bresslau provided the sounding board for many of his ideas.
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Im Mittelpunkt steht immer nur ihr Mann: Albert Schweitzer, die Ikone der Nächstenliebe. Der Philosoph, Theologe, Organist, Friedensnobelpreisträger und Arzt wurde vor Jahren geboren und weltbekannt durch sein Lebenswerk: die Krankenstation, die er in Lambarene im afrikanischen Gabun aufbaute. Selten wird darüber gesprochen, welche Rolle seine Frau, Helene Schweitzer Bresslau, für ihn und sein Lebenswerk spielte
Was ist bekannt über diese Frau, die als Kind einer jüdischen Berliner Familie geboren wurde, mit sieben Jahren evangelisch getauft wurde und ein in vielerlei Hinsicht ungewöhnliches Leben führte? Ausführlich eingetaucht in dieses nicht einfache Leben ist die Münchner Ärztin und Autorin Verena Mühlstein. Ihre Biografie über Helene Schweitzer Bresslau erschien kürzlich in vierter Auflage im Verlag C.H. Beck (Helene Schweitzer Bresslau. Ein Leben für Lambarene).
Zurückhaltend, unnahbar, willensstark, standesbewusst
Im Luftkurort Königsfeld im Schwarzwald, wo sie jahrzehntelang lebte, ist Helene Schweitzer Bresslau bis heute sehr präsent. Zurückhaltend, unnahbar, willensstark, standesbewusst: So beschrieben sie vor einiger Zeit in einem sogenannten Erzählcafé die wenig
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