Booklet commemorating 50 years of the Jewish Spa Hospital in Bad Warmburn. Poland, 1929

Booklet commemorating 50 years of the Jewish Spa Hospital in Bad Warmburn. Poland, 1929

A celebratory booklet released on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Jewish Spa Hospital in Bad Warmbrunn - in Poland 1879-1929, which was established as a charity near the famous healing sulfur hot springs in the town for the benefit of destitute Jews. Written on behalf of the Board of Directors and Honorary Chairman Dr. Sigmund Moses. Bad Warmborn - Poland (then Prussia), Lower Silesia - 1929, German.

In the booklet released for the 50th anniversary of the hospital's founding, a detailed and interesting overview of the past and present about the Jewish hospital in Bad Warmburn (between 1816 and 1945 Warmburn belonged to the Prussian district of Hirschberg). The area where the hospital was located is known for the hot sulfur springs located there, and patients from all the nearby cities and countries came to the place to bathe in the medicinal waters of the spring since the Middle Ages, and it is first mentioned as a healing place as early as 1281. The original Polish name of the area: "Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój". During the years before the healing house for Jews was established, the visit to the springs was usually possible for wealthy people since staying in the hotels there was expensive, and it was mainly used as a meeting place between the German and Polish aristocracy. With the beginning of the railway era, the number of visits to the place increased, but the visitors could only come for one day, since as mentioned the stay in the nearby hotels was expensive. In 1845, two Jews - Heimann Schneller and Wolf Frankel, citizens of Warmborn, initiated the establishment of the Jewish hospital - spa near the springs, In favor of lower class Jews. They founded the hospital from donations collected from the nearby communities over the years. And only 30 years later since they initiated the idea, after the Prussian-French war, and with the help of those with means in the Jewish communities in Berlin, Breslau, and Hirschberg, they purchased the land and established the hospital - Jewish Spa on the place. The rules for admission to the place were very clear - Only Jews required to take medication due to their health condition were admitted to the hospital. The first twelve guests who arrived each year got to enjoy the place free of charge. During the First World War, the hospital served as a hospital for soldiers wounded in battles.

In the booklet, in addition to a detailed description of the place, its purpose, its structure, and the manner in which it was established, there are dozens of names of donors and shareholders who had a direct part in the establishment of the hospital and its maintenance over the years. The brochure even brings with it a vision for the future and reports that in recent months engineers have arrived at the healing springs to renovate and expand them for future generations. At the end of World War II, after its occupation by the Red Army, the town passed from German hands to the People's Republic of Poland.

The cover shows the front of the hospital - the Jewish Spa. On the last page is an illustration of the snowy mountains from which the healing springs near the hospital arose.

12 pages. 23 cm. Slight tears at the edges of the cover. Good condition.