Hélène Schweitzer-Bresslau, Audace et Modernité As part of the 150th anniversary of Albert Schweitzer's birth, the Kastler Conferences organized by the Protestant parish of Guebwiller are offering a new meeting dedicated to Hélène Schweitzer-Bresslau, on Friday October 24, 2025 at 8pm at the Foyer Protestant de Guebwiller. Hélène Bresslau was not only the wife of the future Nobel Prize winner, but above all his inspiration, his confidante, his unfailing support and, in her own words, his "best comrade (sic)". Although her bourgeois background meant that she was destined to become a wife and mother, she quickly emancipated herself from the codes of her milieu and began training as a nurse's aide as early as 1904, well before her friend decided to join the Missions. As inspector of the orphanages set up by the city of Strasbourg from 1905 to 1909, she won unanimous acclaim for her skills and commitment. She put her skills at the service of the common cause of the Lambaréné hospital, touring the United States in the 1930s to give fund-raising talks. Author of Madame Docteur. Hélène Schweitzer-Bresslau, une femme en quête d'émancipation, the leading biography in French, Blanche Walther is a philosopher whose research intersects environmental ethics, feminist movements and alternative economies. In 2023, with the association "À livre ouvert, wie ein offense Buch", she created a musical show, Hélène Schweitzer-Bresslau - ein Lebensweg/un chemin de vie, which toured France and Germany. It portrays a free and determined woman. Getting there Friday, October 24, 2025, 8pm. Foyer protestant de Guebwiller, 1 rue des Chanoines. Participation free of charge.
