Beatrice Rohner
Beatrice Rohner (born April 24, 1876 in Basel ; † February 9, 1947 in Wüstenrot ) was a Swiss Protestant theologian .
Life
Rohner attended the teachers' seminar in Basel and worked as a tutor in Paris . In 1899 she joined the German Aid Association for Christian Love in the Orient and the Armenian Aid Organization for the Victims of the Pogroms from 1895 to 1896 . She was a teacher and orphanage mother in Maraş . In 1916 Rohner took care of Armenian orphans in Aleppo and raised a messenger service to the concentration camps of Deir ez-Zor . Rohner collapsed when the authorities deported their orphans in the course of the Armenian genocide in March 1917. After a long period of convalescence and working as a biblical excerpt and travel secretary for the German Women Missions Prayer Association , she headed a Protestant guest house in Wüstenrot from 1932 and processed her experiences in several writings.
literature
- Commemorative letter for Sister Beatrice Rohner. Kurth Reith Verlag, Wüstenrot 1947.
- H. Kaiser: At the Crossroads of Der Zor. 2001, pp. 36-71.
- H.-L. Kieser: "La missionnaire Béatrice R. face au génocide des Arméniens". In: J. Sémelin et al. (Ed.): La résistance aux génocides. 2008, pp. 383-398.
Web links
- Literature by and about Beatrice Rohner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Hans-Lukas Kieser: Beatrice Rohner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rohner, Beatrice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1947 |
| Place of death | Desert red |