Schwester Selma (lit. Nurse Selma) (1884-1984) was a German Jewish nurse who served as head nurse of Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem for 48 years. She was the first trained nurse in Palestine

Palestine

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Schwester Selma trained as a nurse at Heinrich Heine Hospital in Hamburg

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. She and a colleague were the first Jews to sit for the German nursing exams. After her immigration to Palestine

Palestine

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in December 1916, she established Shaare Zedek's School of Nursing.

Schwester Selma wrote "My Life and Experiences at Shaare Zedek." She died at the age of 100.