Elisabeth Niemann

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Elisabeth Niemann (born February 11, 1932 ; died June 26, 2018 ), born Elisabeth Fehlings, was a German doctor . She became known for her activities in the framework of the aid organizations Doctors for Developing Countries (today German Doctors eV ) and Cap Anamur , for which she was awarded the Göttingen Peace Prize in 2001 .

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Elisabeth Niemann completed her medical degree at the Georg-August University in Göttingen , where she received her doctorate in 1958 . She completed her specialist training at the Evangelical Hospital in Göttingen-Weende, and from 1972 to 2000 she worked in her own practice as a specialist in general medicine in Oldenburg . From 1980, motivated by an appeal by Franz Alt , she worked for the organizations Doctors for Developing Countries (now German Doctors eV ) and Cap Anamur . According to her, she motivated Franz Alt, who " reported on television in an outstanding journalistic manner about the terrible refugee misery in Somalia , caused by the escalation of the war between Ethiopia and Somalia over the Ogaden ."

Supported by Cap Anamur, she traveled to Hargeisa on the border with Ogaden in Somalia that same year , where she became active as a doctor. In 1987 another assignment followed in Manila and in 1989 she carried out a vaccination campaign against tuberculosis , diphtheria , tetanus , whooping cough and polio in Mindanao (Philippines) for Doctors for Developing Countries . In 1991 she planned a six-week assignment in Calcutta, but had to cancel the trip due to a sudden pulmonary embolism . In 1999 she cared for Kosovar refugees in Macedonia and in 2000, after she had closed her practice, she was involved in another aid operation by Cap Anamur for four months in Kosovo.

In 2001 she was awarded the Göttingen Peace Prize for her humanitarian work , the laudation was given by Rupert Neudeck from the organization Cap Anamur and the prize was presented by Ernst Kuper from the Center for European and North American Studies (ZENS) at the University of Göttingen. One third of the prize, which was endowed with DM 10,000 , was given to Doctors for Developing Countries, one third to the Society for Threatened Peoples based in Göttingen, and one third to her granddaughters to be sent to a kindergarten in northern Tanzania .

Elisabeth Niemann had three daughters; she died in June 2018.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c obituary notice Elisabeth Niemann ; accessed on December 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Speech by the award winner Dr. med. Elisabeth Niemann on the award of the Göttingen Peace Prize, 2001.
  3. ^ A b Marietta Fuhrmann-Koch: Göttingen Peace Prize of the Dr. Roland Röhl awarded. Press release of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , September 3, 2001; accessed on December 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Dr. Elisabeth Niemann on the website of the Göttingen Peace Prize; accessed on December 25, 2019.

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SURNAME Niemann, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fehlings, Elisabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and winner of the Göttingen Peace Prize
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1932
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 2018