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Chaim Yassky (1896-1948) was a physician and medical administrator in Jerusalem. He was killed in the Arab attack on a medical convoy bringing supplies to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus. ==Biography== Yassky was born in Kishinev, Russia. While studying medicine at the University of Odessa, he became active in the Zionist movement. 〔''Physicians, Forerunners of Modern Israel'', David Margalith, Jerusalem Academy of Medicine, Tel Aviv 1973, p.75〕 Before World War I he took part in Jewish self-defense against pogromists in Odessa. 〔Gilbert, Martin (1998), ''Israel: A History''. London: Black Swan. ISBN 0-552-99545-2, p.170〕 In 1920, Yassky immigrated with his wife Fanny (maiden name Gorodetsky) whom he married in Odessa; to Palestine, where he was appointed district physician of Haifa. As an ophthalmologist, he initiated programs to eradicate trachoma. 〔 In 1931, Yassky became director of the Hadassah Medical Organization. He was one of the driving spirits behind the establishment of the Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital on Mount Scopus, which was opened in 1939 . Yassky was killed in the Hadassah medical convoy massacre during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, approximately one month before Israel's declaration of independence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chaim Yassky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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