Jewish Hospital in Hamburg explained
| Jewish Hospital in Hamburg |
| Coordinates: | 53.6058°N 9.9904°W |
| Location: | Hamburg |
| Country: | Germany |
| Type: | Community |
| Beds: | 138 |
| Opened: | 17 June 1843 |
The Jewish Hospital in Hamburg is a Jewish medical institution in Hamburg, Germany. It is particularly renowned for its treatment of gastric and bowel cancer.
History
The Israelite Hospital of Hamburg opened in 1843.[1] The city council donated land in the St. Pauli suburb, and building costs were entirely funded by Salomon Heine, a local Jewish banker.[2] He made two stipulations regarding his 80,000 Mark donation: The hospital was to be named for his late wife Betty, who died in 1837; and a Personal lectern should be designated for him in the in-house synagogue.[3]
A poem by Heinrich Heine, the nephew of Salomon Heine, was dedicated to the Hospital following Salomon Heine's death, whose first verse is:Ein Hospital für arme, kranke Juden,Für Menschenkinder, welche dreifach elend,Behaftet mit den bösen drei Gebresten,Mit Armut, Körperschmerz und Judentume!A hospital for Jews who’re sick and needy,For those unhappy threefold sons of sorrow,Afflicted by the three most dire misfortunesOf poverty, disease, and Judaism.(translation by Edgar Alfred Bowring[4])
Notes and References
- Web site: The Jewish Hospital in Hamburg . 1938Projekt . 28 January 2020 . 29 May 2018.
- Book: Liedtke, Rainer . 1998 . Jewish Welfare in Hamburg and Manchester, C. 1850–1914 . Clarendon Press . 126 .
- Book: Carlebach . Joseph . Gillis-Carlebach. Miriam. 2009 . Jewish Everyday Life As Human Resistance 1939–1941: Chief Rabbi Dr. Joseph Zvi Carlebach and the Hamburg-Altona Jewish Communities . Peter Lang . 145.
- Web site: The Poems of Heine (Complete) . 28 February 2021.
