Eine behütete Kindheit im Pfarrhaus zu Günsbach und viel Freiheit, um in der Natur herumzustreunen, die Liebe zu Tieren und das Mitgefühl mit allen Leidenden zu entdecken, frühe musische und religiöse Erfahrungen und Vorbilder, die das weitere Leben prägen – Albert Schweitzers berühmte Erinnerungen haben Generationen vor Augen geführt, worauf es in der Kindheit und Jugend wirklich ankommt.
Albert Schweitzer was born into an Alsatian family which for generations had been devoted to religion, music, and education. His father and maternal grandfather were ministers; both of his grandfathers were talented organists; many of his relatives were persons of scholarly attainments.
Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In 1913, having obtained his M.D. degree, he founded his hospital at Lambarene in French Equatorial Africa, but in 1917 he and his wife were sent to a French internment camp as prisoners of war. Released in 1918, Schweitzer spent the next six years in Europe, preaching in his old church, giving lectures and concerts.
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