Philippine-German Relations (XI)

    Klaus

December 17, 2007 by Klaus  
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Ida H. Hube (a German Nightingale), whose maiden name was Ida Haenstche, was born in Radeberg/Germany on April 11, 1872. As we can learn from Hermogenes E. Bacareza, did she come to the Philippines as a member of the US Army Nurse Corps in 1902 where she met and married a German businessman named H. Hube. After her stay in China in search of her sonh who disappeared in 1935, she returned to the Philippines.

Although a German, Ida Hube braved the dangers of Japanese wrath by supplying the prisoners-of-war, including 70 nurses at the UST Interment Camp with food, clothing and money from 1942 till the end of 1944. Sie died in Manila on November 28, 1947 at the age of 75, a heroine and philantropist, who truly loved the Philippine Nurses Association by “heart and deeds”.

(To be continued!)

About the Author:  Klaus is from Germany, but has been living in the Philippines since the late 1990’s. Klaus is a journalist by trade, having written for a number of newspapers, studied also Publishing House Management and Marketing and has also been a Radio Host here in the Philippines.