Helmine hero
Helmine Johanna Charlotte Held (born June 23, 1916 in Schifferstadt ; † December 31, 2002 in Grünwald ) was a German nurse.
Career
Held spent her childhood and youth in Ludwigshafen. In 1935 she began her training as a nurse. During the Second World War she was employed as a Red Cross nurse in the Air Force Medical Service. From 1945 until her retirement in July 1982 she was Superior General of the Bavarian Red Cross . After the war she had the Red Cross Hospital in Munich rebuilt. 4,000 Red Cross Sisters were trained under her leadership.
Honors
- Bavarian Order of Merit (1962)
- Florence Nightingale Medal (1969)
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (1972)
- Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982)
- Bavarian constitutional medal in gold
- Decoration of honor of the German Red Cross
- further Red Cross awards
Web links
- Interview with contemporary witnesses with Helmine Held at the House of Bavarian History
- " Great Architect of Reconstruction" buried. Funeral of the former BRK General Superior Helmine Held. In: Münchner Merkur Online from January 8, 2003.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hero, Helmine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Held, Helmine Johanna Charlotte (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nurse |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schifferstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2002 |
| Place of death | Grünwald |