A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve: Studia Historica 9. (Szeged, 2006)
ZOMBORI István: A szegedi zsidó kórház emlékezete
FELHASZNÁLT IRODALOM GYURGYÁK János 2001. A zsidókérdés Magyarországon. Bp. HABERMANN Gusztáv 1992. Személyi adattár a szegedi polgár-családok történetéhez. Szeged. HARASZTY György 2005 Az „igazi" Fortunatus. In Történelmi Szemle (47. évf.) 2005. 3-4. 221-239 LÖW Imánnuel - KULINYI Zsigmond 1885. A szegedi zsidók 1785-1885. Szeged. PÉTER László 1974. Szeged utcanevei. Szeged. REIZNER János 1900. Szeged története III. Szeged. TÓTH Ferenc (szerk.) 2000. Csongrád Megye építészeti emlékei. Szeged. ISTVÁN ZOMBORI REMEMBERING THE JEWISH HOSPITÁL IN SZEGED The life of a Jewish community, as well as the way how it is organized, has always been determined by their own regulations. After the Jews had settled in the city of Szeged, they fortmdated their own religious community. Regulations of the Jewish religious community specified the rights and duties of all the Jews living in the city. Among the orders, charity played a significant role. A peculiarity of Jewish moral, culture and life-style was the principle according to which Jewish people arriving at any part of the world were to follow the thousand-year-old traditions and customs. In these traditions everyday life was blended with the regulations of religious life. The poor, especially the sick had to be supported, moreover, the members of the association visited sick people and maintained a hospital for Jewish patients. In Szeged, at first, an infirmary was established. It was financially maintained by a special hospital fund already in 1818. Finally, near the synagogue in a house (23. Korona street) owned by the religious community, the hospital was founded in 1856. The hospital was opened ceremoniously by Chief Rabbi Lipót Löw on 18 th August 1856. Unfortunately by 1858 the state of the building had worsened so much, that it needed renovation and enlargement. This work was financed by one of the richest citizens of Szeged, Dávid Kiss (1803-1886) in 1859. However, the Jewish hospital gradually lost its significance and finally closed down, partly due to the development of hospital-treatment in Szeged, and partly to the demand of a higher quality health care. Its memory is preserved on a red limestone-tablet donated by Dávid Kiss in May 1859. The tablet presumably decorated the wall of the original hospital building. The hospital building collapsed during the great flood of Szeged, only two rooms remained until a new synagogue was built at the beginning of the 20 th century. The limestone-tablet is preserved in the museum of Szeged.
