“THE BRAVEST WOMAN”
GERMAN DOCTOR WHO CLOSED NURSE CAVELL’S EYES
Remarkable extracts from a letter about Nurse Edith Cavell, written by a doctor who assisted at her execution, are given by Theodor Wolff in an article in the “Berliner Tageblatt.” What the writer says is interesting, both objectively and as an illustration of German mentality. It is as follows: “As chief doctor of the Brussels Government, I was ordered both to the trial and the execution of Miss Cavell. I heard the trial from the first to the last word, frequently talked to Miss Cavell, certified her death, closed her eyes, and laid her in her coffin. “She was the bravest woman I have seen, was absolutely the heroine that her nation has made of her, and she went to her death with a bearing that was unforgettable.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 201, 14 November 1927, Page 14
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138“THE BRAVEST WOMAN” Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 201, 14 November 1927, Page 14
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