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Bersohn and Bauman Children's Hospital, Warsaw

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288: 273: 218: 29: 195:, thanks to whom hospital buildings that belonged to the Bersohn and Bauman Foundation Board were taken over by the Society of Friends of Children in 1930. Soon, efforts were made to expand the hospital complex, which was financed by the Warsaw Jewish Community and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. After the enlargement the hospital had 150 beds. 299:. It was then adapted back to medical needs and housed a hospital for children with infectious diseases. Between 1988 and 1993 all the buildings were rebuilt and modernized. Later, it housed the Provincial Infectious Hospital named after the Children of Warsaw. In 2000, the center was merged with Children's Hospital in 233:
Since February 1942, the staff of the hospital have been taking part in scientific research on hunger disease in the Warsaw Ghetto. The research was conducted in utmost secrecy in order to avoid German ordered shutdown. Postmortem examinations of starved to death patients were carried out in a shed
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together with her husband Salomon bought the land for the construction of the hospital. Initially, the facility was intended for 27 children. The hospital was built in the area between two parallel streets: Sienna and Śliska (hence the double address). Thanks to the families’ financial support, the
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As a result of the reduction of the ghetto area on August 10, 1942 (the liquidation of the so-called small ghetto), the mother hospital and its patients were evacuated from Sienna Street. On August 13, the hospital was moved to the buildings of former common schools at 6/8 Stawki Street in the
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fever, in October 1941, thanks to the efforts of Anna Braude-Hellerowa, a branch was opened at 86/88 Żelazna Street, at the corner of 80/82 Leszno Street. 400 patients were admitted to the newly-organized hospital.
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at Okopowa Street, where they waited for burial in mass graves. Some of the typescripts with results of the research were delivered to the "Aryan" side. They were published in 1946 in a book edited by
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at 51 Śliska Street/ 60 Sienna Street. In 1941, a branch of the hospital was established at 80/82 Leszno Street and, after the liquidation of the so-called small ghetto in August 1942, it was moved to
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During the war, at the beginning of 1943, the Children's Clinic from Litewska Street was located in the abandoned buildings of the hospital. It operated there until the
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area. Doctors and nurses lived in a tenement house at 22 Pawia St. The hospital staff could enter the Umschlagplatz area in a compact column after a thorough control.
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After the end of the war, in 1946-1950, after reconstruction, the hospital buildings housed the headquarters and apartments of employees of the
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In Umschlagplatz, the Bersohn and Bauman Hospital merged with the second Jewish hospital in the Warsaw Ghetto, the
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The idea to build a hospital to treat Jewish children was born in the early 1870s. In 1873 two families:
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As the hospital was overcrowded due to a huge increase in the number of children suffering from
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asked the voivodship's government to lease the former hospital for 30 years and establish the
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so that they could die in the hospital in peace, avoiding the suffering of displacement.
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Choroba głodowa. Badania kliniczne nad głodem wykonane w getcie warszawskim z roku 1942
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Hunger Disease. Clinical research on hunger carried out in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942
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Getto warszawskie : przewodnik po nieistniejącym mieście
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Badania nad głodem w getcie warszawskim − problemy etyczne
517:. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1975, s. 309. 210:. German authorities appointed Wacław Konieczny from 389:(Wydanie I ed.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo W.A.B. 599: 265:. Adina Blady-Szwajger gave a group of children 221:Hospital building today, view from Śliska Street 144:medical facility operating from 1878 to 1942 in 478: 276:The hospital complex looking from Sienna Street 591:. „Gazeta Stołeczna”, s. 1, 15 listopada 2017. 33:Bersohn and Bauman Children's Hospital in 1930 578:. „Gazeta Stołeczna”, s. 2, 25 lipca 2016. 319:On April 20, 2001, a plaque commemorating 184:worked in the hospital as a pediatrician. 305:Ministry of Culture and National Heritage 152:, to the building at 6/8 Stawki Street. 286: 271: 216: 600: 382: 138:Bersohn and Bauman Children's Hospital 22:Bersohn and Bauman Children's Hospital 443: 169:entire hospital complex, designed by 164:and Chaja Bersohn and their daughter 13: 613:Buildings and structures in Warsaw 14: 634: 383:Joanna, Olczak-Ronikier (2011) . 326: 291:Entrance to the southern pavilion 314: 297:Central Committee of Polish Jews 27: 479:Blady-Szwajgier, Adina (2010). 214:as the hospital administrator. 589:Muzeum getta w starym szpitalu 581: 568: 520: 515:Szpitale warszawskie 1388–1945 507: 472: 437: 424: 411: 386:Korczak : próba biografii 376: 1: 623:Holocaust locations in Poland 369: 7: 485:. Warszawa: Świat Książki. 10: 639: 155: 16:Building in Warsaw, Poland 482:I więcej nic nie pamiętam 345:Teodozja Goliborska-Gołąb 125: 120: 112: 104: 65: 57: 47: 42: 38: 26: 21: 576:Nie wszystko na sprzedaż 618:The Holocaust in Warsaw 513:Zofia Podgórska-Klawe: 430:Emil Apfelbaum (red.): 263:death camp in Treblinka 198:At the outbreak of the 180:Between 1905 and 1912, 121:Design and construction 560:: CS1 maint: others ( 292: 277: 222: 529:Encyklopedia Warszawy 290: 275: 220: 89:52.23147°N 20.99760°E 444:Engelking, Barbara. 337:Adina Blady-Szwajger 309:Warsaw Ghetto Museum 105:Construction started 608:Hospitals in Poland 587:Tomasz Urzykowski. 574:Tomasz Urzykowski. 85: /  43:General information 417:Marta Janczewska. 348:Hanna Hirszfeldowa 333:Anna Braude-Heller 321:Anna Braude-Heller 293: 278: 223: 193:Anna Braude-Heller 94:52.23147; 20.99760 204:defense of Warsaw 135: 134: 630: 592: 585: 579: 572: 566: 565: 559: 551: 524: 518: 511: 505: 504: 476: 470: 469: 441: 435: 428: 422: 415: 409: 408: 380: 359:Henryk Kroszczor 356:Julian Kramsztyk 100: 99: 97: 96: 95: 90: 86: 83: 82: 81: 78: 31: 19: 18: 638: 637: 633: 632: 631: 629: 628: 627: 598: 597: 596: 595: 586: 582: 573: 569: 553: 552: 540: 526: 525: 521: 512: 508: 493: 477: 473: 458: 442: 438: 429: 425: 416: 412: 397: 381: 377: 372: 329: 317: 301:Dziekanów Leśny 282:Warsaw Uprising 259:Czyste Hospital 236:Jewish cemetery 189:First World War 158: 93: 91: 87: 84: 79: 76: 74: 72: 71: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 636: 626: 625: 620: 615: 610: 594: 593: 580: 567: 538: 519: 506: 491: 471: 456: 436: 423: 410: 395: 374: 373: 371: 368: 367: 366: 363: 362:Henryk Makower 360: 357: 354: 352:Janusz Korczak 349: 346: 343: 338: 335: 328: 327:Hospital staff 325: 316: 313: 240:Emil Apfelbaum 182:Janusz Korczak 166:Paulina Bauman 157: 154: 133: 132: 127: 123: 122: 118: 117: 114: 110: 109: 106: 102: 101: 69: 63: 62: 59: 55: 54: 49: 45: 44: 40: 39: 36: 35: 32: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 635: 624: 621: 619: 616: 614: 611: 609: 606: 605: 603: 590: 584: 577: 571: 563: 557: 549: 545: 541: 535: 531: 530: 523: 516: 510: 502: 498: 494: 492:9788324718306 488: 484: 483: 475: 467: 463: 459: 457:9788363444273 453: 449: 448: 440: 433: 427: 420: 414: 406: 402: 398: 396:9788374140775 392: 388: 387: 379: 375: 365:Anna Margolis 364: 361: 358: 355: 353: 350: 347: 344: 342: 341:Marek Edelman 339: 336: 334: 331: 330: 324: 322: 315:Commemoration 312: 310: 306: 302: 298: 289: 285: 283: 274: 270: 268: 264: 260: 255: 253: 252:Umschlagplatz 247: 245: 241: 237: 231: 228: 219: 215: 213: 209: 208:Warsaw Ghetto 205: 201: 196: 194: 190: 185: 183: 178: 176: 172: 167: 163: 153: 151: 150:Umschlagplatz 147: 143: 139: 131: 128: 124: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 98: 70: 68: 64: 60: 56: 53: 50: 46: 41: 37: 30: 25: 20: 588: 583: 575: 570: 528: 522: 514: 509: 481: 474: 446: 439: 431: 426: 418: 413: 385: 378: 318: 294: 279: 256: 248: 243: 232: 224: 197: 186: 179: 175:Ludwik Chwat 171:Artur Goebel 159: 137: 136: 130:Artur Goebel 126:Architect(s) 48:Town or city 187:During the 92: / 67:Coordinates 602:Categories 539:8301088362 370:References 212:Inowrocław 80:20°59′51″E 77:52°13′53″N 556:cite book 501:557463712 466:854502690 405:745921036 113:Completed 548:32820814 267:morphine 311:there. 234:at the 156:History 58:Country 546:  536:  499:  489:  464:  454:  403:  393:  227:typhus 146:Warsaw 142:Jewish 140:was a 61:Poland 52:Warsaw 162:Majer 562:link 544:OCLC 534:ISBN 497:OCLC 487:ISBN 462:OCLC 452:ISBN 401:OCLC 391:ISBN 116:1878 108:1876 246:". 200:war 604:: 558:}} 554:{{ 542:. 495:. 460:. 399:. 177:. 564:) 550:. 503:. 468:. 407:. 242:"

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Warsaw
Coordinates
52°13′53″N 20°59′51″E / 52.23147°N 20.99760°E / 52.23147; 20.99760
Artur Goebel
Jewish
Warsaw
Umschlagplatz
Majer
Paulina Bauman
Artur Goebel
Ludwik Chwat
Janusz Korczak
First World War
Anna Braude-Heller
war
defense of Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto
Inowrocław

typhus
Jewish cemetery
Emil Apfelbaum
Umschlagplatz
Czyste Hospital
death camp in Treblinka
morphine

Warsaw Uprising

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