Contents
- 1/ 17 Ujazdowski Hospital in Warsaw. 1925
- 2/ 17 Ujazdowski Hospital in Warsaw. 1925
- 3/ 17 Hospital of St. Zyty in Krakow. 1929
- 4/ 17 Hospital in Krakow 1943
- 5/ 17 Hospital in Krakow. 1943
- 6/ 17 Children’s Hospital in Warsaw. 1945 – 1955
- 7/ 17 Children’s Hospital in Warsaw. 1945 – 1955
- 8/ 17 Children’s Hospital in Warsaw. 1945 – 1955
- 9/ 17 Hospital of the Order of St. Jan Grandego in Krakow. 1937
- 10/ 17 Hospital of the Order of St. Jan Grandego in Krakow. 1937
- 11/ 17 Hospital of the Order of St. Jan Grandego in Krakow. 1937
- 12/ 17 Provincial Communal Psychiatric Hospital in Chełm. 1936
- 13/ 17 Hospital for the Nervous and Mentally Ill in Kobierzyn. 1927
- 14/ 17 Hospital for the Nervous and Mentally Ill in Kobierzyn. 1927
- 15/ 17 Hospital for the Nervous and Mentally Ill in Kobierzyn. 1927
- 16/ 17 The room of the prison hospital. Penal prison in Wiśnicz. 1928
- 17/ 17 A representative of the International Red Cross, Ronald Marti, visits the injured in a Polish military hospital. 1940
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1/ 17 Ujazdowski Hospital in Warsaw. 1925
Ujazdowski Hospital is the oldest and largest military hospital in Poland, established around 1792. It was dissolved in January 1945.
2/ 17 Ujazdowski Hospital in Warsaw. 1925
Platoon leader Janusz Dopierało on the hospital bed and Chief Kobylański in the armchair. A plate with medical recommendations is visible by the platoon’s bedside.
3/ 17 Hospital of St. Zyty in Krakow. 1929
4/ 17 Hospital in Krakow 1943
Doctor and support staff during surgery.
5/ 17 Hospital in Krakow. 1943
Preparation for surgery. An instrumentalist with tools at the operating table.
6/ 17 Children’s Hospital in Warsaw. 1945 – 1955
Operating room. Medical staff are visible at the table.
7/ 17 Children’s Hospital in Warsaw. 1945 – 1955
Treatment room. Visible child lying on the table, medical staff standing around the table.
8/ 17 Children’s Hospital in Warsaw. 1945 – 1955
A hospital room, children in bed eating their meals.
9/ 17 Hospital of the Order of St. Jan Grandego in Krakow. 1937
The interior of the laboratory.
10/ 17 Hospital of the Order of St. Jan Grandego in Krakow. 1937
ENT office.
11/ 17 Hospital of the Order of St. Jan Grandego in Krakow. 1937
Dentist office.
12/ 17 Provincial Communal Psychiatric Hospital in Chełm. 1936
Empty kids bedroom. Visible hospital staff.
13/ 17 Hospital for the Nervous and Mentally Ill in Kobierzyn. 1927
Sick people in the dining room while eating. The hospital director, doc. Dr. med. Juliusz Morawski (in an apron).
14/ 17 Hospital for the Nervous and Mentally Ill in Kobierzyn. 1927
Women’s ward bedroom interior.
15/ 17 Hospital for the Nervous and Mentally Ill in Kobierzyn. 1927
The interior of the church located on the premises of the hospital. Visible altar and frescoes by Jan Bukowski, painted in 1925.
16/ 17 The room of the prison hospital. Penal prison in Wiśnicz. 1928
17/ 17 A representative of the International Red Cross, Ronald Marti, visits the injured in a Polish military hospital. 1940
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