Grete Thomsen
Grete Thomsen , née Grete Kuhn (born June 23, 1902 in Weidenau , † April 26, 1987 in Lich ) was a German internist and missionary doctor .
Life
Grete Thomsen was born in Weidenau an der Sieg in 1902. After completing her medical degree, she worked at the Evangelical Hospital in Mülheim an der Ruhr and at the University Dermatology Clinic in Erlangen.
In 1933 and 1934 she worked with her husband, the surgeon Martin Thomsen, in a group practice in Gelting . In 1934 the couple went to Indonesia as missionary doctors , where they were initially stationed on the island of Nias near Sumatra and built up a network of medical aid stations. After Martin Thomsen's internment and a stopover at the Diakonissenanstalt hospital in Flensburg (1946–1951) , both resumed their work here in 1951.
In 1970, Grete Thomsen and her husband were awarded the Paracelsus Medal of the German medical profession for decades of humanitarian commitment .
literature
- U. Hummel, T. Telaumbanua: Cross and Adu: A Socio-Historical Study on the Encounter between Christianity and the Indigenous Culture on Nias and the Batu Islands, Indonesia (1865-1965). Dissertation . Utrecht University, 2007. In: Mission. 2007: Volume 43. Zoetermeer, Verlag Boekencentrum, ISBN 978-90-239-2216-2 .
- Martin Thomsen: A song of the dead from the island of Nias. . KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- and Folklore. Deel 137, 4th edition. 1981, pp. 443-455.
Individual evidence
- ↑ U. Hummel, T. Telaumbanua: Independent Churches on Nias and the Batu Islands (1930-1965). Cross and Adu: A Socio-Historical Study on the Encounter between Christianity and the Indigenous Culture on Nias and the Batu Islands, Indonesia (1865-1965). Dissertation , Utrecht University, 2007, Chapter 5, p. 193.
- ↑ Peter Lüsebrink: The medical care in Gelting. In: Amtskurier Geltinger Bucht. 2008 (Issue 6), p. 12.
- ↑ Dr. med. Grete Thomsen. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. 1987; 84 (issue 28/29), pp. A-1989. (Obituary)
- ↑ Paracelsus Medal for Honored Doctors - Drs. Med. Martin and Grete Thomsen. ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Bayerisches Ärzteblatt . 1970 (No. 6), p. 548.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomsen, Grete |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuhn, Grete (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German internist and missionary doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weidenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1987 |
| Place of death | Lich |