Nazaretanki w szpitalu w Wadowicach (1896-1956)
The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in the hospital in Wadowice (1896-1956)

Summary/Abstract: In early 1896, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth came to Wadowice. They founded a nursery for impoverished children as well as a workshop where girls received vocational training. In December 1896, the second house of the congregation was established- alongside the city hospital. Originally, four sisters were hired on the basis of a contract with a municipality of the city. The sisters took care of patients and worked in the administration. Since then, they participated in the development of the institution. Religious authorities oversaw that only sisters with appropriate qualications were sent to work in the hospital. During the First World War, two sisters were infected with typhus and died. The sisters cared for sick civilians and wounded soldiers during the battles on the front. During the Second World War, they decided to stay in Wadowice to help the hospital with partisans and prisoners being transported from Auschwitz concentration camp. During the years 1945-1949, there were fifteen or sixteen sisters worked in the hospital. With political changes taking place in Poland and the communist authorities coming to power in 1950, sisters started to be gradually removed from the hospital. The last Sister of Nazareth was dismissed in 1956. The cooperation between The Congregation of the Sisters and the hospital in Wadowice lasted 60 years. In the years of 1896-1956, there were over 60 sisters employed in the institution altogether.

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