Hansen House (Jerusalem) Hansen House (Jerusalem) Hansen House is a historic building in Jerusalem. It is located in the city's affluent Talbiya neighbourhood, diagonally opposite from the Jerusalem Theatre. In the late 19th century it was a hospital for Hansen's disease (leprosy). Later, it served as an outpatient clinic and housed the National Center for Hansen's Disease. The hospital building and 40 acre lot were declared an Israel heritage site. Hansen House was established in 1887 to care for patients with leprosy, then an incurable disease. The two-story building was designed by Conrad Schick, a German missionary and self-taught architect. It was set
Werner Hansen Werner Hansen Werner Hansen (31 July 1905 – 15 June 1971) was a German Social democratic politician and trades unionist. After 1933 he stayed in Germany for several years undertaking illegal resistance work, and emigrating only in 1937. He was able to return and resume his trades union career in 1945. Werner was born, one of three sons, at Rethem, a small but long established town located between Bremen and Hanover. His father, Heinrich Heidorn, worked for the post office. It is not known when, why or how Werner changed his own family name to Hansen. His secondary education took