known german sister nurse february february head nurse original hospital road jerusalem nearly years years right hand assistant hospital founding director working long hours limited infrastructure trained supervised personnel hospital 1930s founded married resided room hospital day later years known jewish florence decades devotion patient welfare early life education born february germany poor jewish family mother died years old leaving young later wrote lost mother early difficult youth strong need grew people missed mother love love human beings chose profession nursing began working nurse hamburg received job training hospital departments internal medicine surgery nurse passed government nursing licensing exams jewish nurses receive german state diploma head nurse frankfurt based construction jewish hospital jerusalem sent german jewish doctor palestine open jewish hospital opened jewish hospital began trained european nurses quit primitive conditions existed years fled germany world war dire need head nurse returned europe world war impressed similar organizational structure hamburg asked head nurse spare staff year old recommended agreed year contract fulfill war service palestine embarking week train journey turkey damascus arrived december weeks later jerusalem hit year long epidemic city bed hospital added beds accommodate patients inundated hospital recruited workers outfitted protect infection ordered incoming patients washed shaved entire bodies introduced german standards nursing including white uniforms hospital personnel changing uniforms bed sheets daily daily bathing patients attempting provide high level patient care jews christians arabs operated electricity indoor central heating gas cooking warm lamps operating room difficult retain staff working conditions nature worked hour days expected nurses aides display work ethic era hospital nurses trained job trained supervised nurses operating room nurses hospital teaching hospital bed substituted live premises years right hand assistant areas ritual accompanied house calls stood hospital director away charge supplies building maintenance making sure kitchen met strict standards cultivated spirit warm patient care continues hospital day constantly remind students come need help wrote memoir remember forget try dealing patient cause little pain possible spare effort contract included month vacation germany years took advantage clause twice offered position head nurse jewish hospital leipzig seriously considered offer frankfurt based board directors convinced leave promise support rest life operating room nurse duty massacre rescue team managed evacuate wounded rush hospitals jerusalem specialists jerusalem came operate wounded assisted hours break november announced annual week holiday spent friends immediately adoption resolution civil war broke leading arab siege jerusalem return post hospital spent weeks offices british mandatory government incoming israeli government underground leaders assist finally army agreed armed convoys supplying food medicine besieged city israel epidemic early 1950s hospital jerusalem isolation ward displayed devotion running iron lung machines teaching supervising personnel recruited work ward school nursing founded nursing school idea initially opposed worried school emphasize theory practical nursing curriculum proved wrong examinations following year course study administered doctors british government hospital jerusalem taught practical nursing classes school early years death school instituted bestowed year outstanding graduate personal figure stood feet tall known kindness adopted personal motto poem indian poet kept wall room slept life joy saw life duty acted duty joy married married lived separate rooms hospital welcomed staff patients chat sparsely furnished room poured cups mint tea adopted girls abandoned hospital mother died father drafted turkish army infant grandparents asked baby second given father carried way syria mother died route killed bombing named girls grew hospital grounds sent school girls nurse dental technician awards accolades age named worthy jerusalem december time cover story named world living saints list included father numerous publications called jewish florence decades devotion patient welfare received diamond ring holocaust survivor sister given valuable item deported saying return human married devoted life helping people survivor read european press gave ring final years continued work age consider beneath dignity pick trash floors reminding students work operation dictated short memoir und life experiences hospital moved new modern headquarters neighborhood moved died sunday february days birthday day special tribute event planned honor hospital
Schwester Selma