Kapronczay Károly szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 226-229. (Budapest, 1914)

TANULMÁNYOK - Simontornyai-Scheiber Mária: A budai Városmajor utcai Bíró Dániel kórház története

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Comm, de Hist. Artis Med. 226-229 (2014)

Epilógus

A fenti adatsorok feldolgozásával fejet hajtani törekedtünk az 1945. január 14-én a Városmajor utca 64/66-ban, a Bíró Dániel kórházban ártatlanul megöltek emléke előtt, egyben tisztázni a budai holocaust egyik, eddig részben ismeretlen történését. 1945 után az épületet lebontották.

MÁRIA SIMONTORNYAI-SCHEIBER, MD

(1927-1912) art historian

M. Scheiber’s manuscript edited by ISTVÁN GAZDA, PhD, CSc historian of science Hungarian Institute for History of Science mati@tudomanytortenet.hu

SUMMARY

The hospital of the Budapest Orthodox Jewish community named after a rich sponsor, Daniel Bíró was established in 1920 in the buildings of the former Vaskovits hydropathic institution, among the hills of Buda, in the Városmajor Street. The first medical directors of the institution were Miksa Rosenák (surgeon) and Andor Sulzer (internist), whose successor at the post was Izidor Friedmann (dentist). Sándor Dach and Zoltán Ernst worked as internists. The surgery was headed by Vilmos Scheiber, urology by Karoly Fillenz, gynaecology by István Liebmann and Tivadar Nagy, neurology by Mark Goldberger, while otolaryngology by Aladar Deutsch being all eminent physicians of the age. Although the hospital stood under the protection of the Red Cross, lots of patients and professionals fell victims of the nazi terror during the last days of the war. In 14th January, 1945, a special unit of the Arrow Cross Party Militia raided the hospital. During the attack almost 150 patients, doctors and nurses were staying there, mostly Jews. They were almost all executed, then their corpses were burnt up on the spot. The building itself was later demolished.

Present study based on archival material and recollections of the few survivors summarizes the events of this tragical chapter of Hungarian medical history. This is the first detailed report of the story in a medical periodical.