Idy Hegnauer
{{short description|Swiss nurse and peace activist}}
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| name = Idy Hegnauer
| image = File:HegnauerIdy 1950.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Obfelden, Switzerland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|11|19|1909|9|12|df=y}}
| death_place = Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland
| nationality = Swiss
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| occupation = Nurse
| years_active = 1930s – 1980s
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Idy Hegnauer (12 September 1909 – 19 November 2006) was a Swiss nurse and peace activist, who worked for Service Civil International.
Personal life
Hegnauer was born in Obfelden, Switzerland.{{cite web| url= http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D32116.php| title= Hegnauer, Ida| language=de| work=Historical Dictionary of Switzerland| date=29 November 2007| accessdate=28 December 2018}} She was the daughter of Jakob Häberling, who worked as a carpenter, and Marie. Hegnauer was a Quaker. She died in 2006 in Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland.
Career
During the Spanish Civil War, Hegnauer enlisted in the Service Civil International (SCI), and worked in Valencia. In Spain, she met her future husband, Ralph Hegnauer, who was also involved in SCI.{{cite web| url= http://archives.sci.ngo/volunteers/idy-hegnauer.html| title= Idy Hegnauer| language=de| publisher=Service Civil International| accessdate=28 December 2018}}
After the Second World War, Hegnauer worked with the American Friends Service Committee during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. She helped villagers in Tur'an, Israel, providing them with medical assistance.{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UMWvNhbNSAwC&q=Idy+Hegnauer| title= Quakers in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Dilemmas of NGO Humanitarian Activism| last=Gallagher| first=Nancy| publisher=The American University in Cairo Press| pages=140–141| date=2007| isbn= 9789774161056| access-date=28 December 2018}}
In 1960, she did a presentation on Algerian refugees in Tunisia, whilst working in the country during the Algerian War.{{cite book| url= https://www.cairn.info/revue-vingtieme-siecle-revue-d-histoire-2005-2-page-43.htm| title= La guerre d'Algérie vue des Pays-Bas (1954–1962)|language=fr|last=Pas|first=Nicolas| work={{ill|Vingtième Siècle : Revue d'histoire|fr}}| volume=86|pages=43–58| access-date=28 December 2018}}{{cite news| url= https://nha.courant.nu/issue/HD/1960-09-20/edition/null/page/19| title= Haarlem's Dagblad | 20 september 1960| language=nl|work=Haarlems Dagblad|date=20 September 1960|accessdate=28 December 2018}} Hegnauer helped to raise 900,000Fr. for the SCI.
After the Second World War, Hegnauer also worked in Greece, India, Austria and Yugoslavia. From 1980–1984, she worked at a children's hospital in Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland.
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