The fortunes of the Evangelical Diaconal Institution in Ząbkowice Śląskie in 1945–1946. A Contribution to the history of evangelical deaconesses in Silesia Cover Image

Losy Ewangelickiego Zakładu Diakonijnego w Ząbkowicach Śląskich w latach 1945–1946. Przyczynek do dziejów ewangelickiej diakonii żeńskiej na Śląsku
The fortunes of the Evangelical Diaconal Institution in Ząbkowice Śląskie in 1945–1946. A Contribution to the history of evangelical deaconesses in Silesia

Author(s): Kamil Pawłowski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Local History / Microhistory, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Silesia; Ząbkowice Śląskie; Evangelical Church; deaconesses; displacement of Germans

Summary/Abstract: As a consequence of the fall of the Third Reich, German population of Silesia was forced to relocate. A similar fate befell the evangelical deaconesses, who worked in Ząbkowice Śląskie until 1946. The last months of war and then the period from May 1945 till the displacement in August 1946 were for the deaconesses and people under their carea time of uncertainty and sacrifices. The necessity to leave the buildings of the Evangelical Diaconal House, food shortages, illnesses, and finally the order to leave all property acquired over several decades caused worry and concern among them, which is reflected in the chronicles kept in Wertheim, where the deaconesses moved their institution in 1946.

  • Issue Year: 74/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 37-49
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish