Porumbăcean, Claudiu (szerk.): Satu Mare. Studii şi comunicări. Seria istorie-etnografie-artă 34/2. (2018)
Gabriella Franceszka Batfalszki: Date cu privire la spitalele militare amenajate la Satu Mare în timpul Primului Război Mondial
DATE CU PRIVIRE LA SPITALELE MILITARE AMENAJATE LA SATU MARE ÎN TIMPUL PRIMULUI RĂZBOI MONDIAL Gabriella Franceszka BATFALSZKI* Abstract: (Data concerning the military hospitals set up in Satu Mare during the First World War) In the literature published so far, there is no information related to the number of soldiers that were mobilized in Satu Mare county (which was then part of Austria-Hungary), to those deceased, wounded or prisoners, nor to the military hospitals which were operational in Satu Mare during the First World War. It can be noticed that the existent bibliography mentions three functional military hospitals in Satu Mare during World War I: the Dorm of the Railroad Company (currently it is known as „Ion I. C. Brătianu” Technical College), the Civil School for Boys (today it is represented by the west wing of the Old Hospital) and the Vocational School of Forestry (known today as „Constantin Brâncuşi” Technical School). According to the information written in the Hungarian local media and to other data published in several school yearbooks, in Satu Mare there were five more military hospitals which were fully operational during the first world conflagration. They were the following: the Barracks Hospital, which could shelter up to 3000 wounded soldiers simultaneously (it was situated in the area which is currently occupied by the military unit), the monastery of the order of „Saint Vincent de Paul” on Ştefan cel Mare street (which currently serves the same purpose), the House of Primary-School Teachers (which was demolished and the site currently represents one of the parking lots belonging to „Electrolux” company - on Traian street), the building belonging to the Roman - Catholic Middle School for Boys (which is currently „Mihai Eminescu” National College) and the Roman - Catholic Episcopal Dorm (which is currently „Kölcsey Ferenc” National College). The wounded and the ill came from all ethnic and confessional backgrounds, reflecting the ethnic and confessional diversity of the Austro - Hungarian Empire. The media published short obituaries of the soldiers deceased in the Satu Mare military hospitals: Hungarians, Germans, Croatians, Romanians, Russians, they were all inlcuded on the lists. Except for the Barracks Hospital, all the other hospitals were set up in educational establishments and their dorms. With the exception of the monastery of the order of „Saint Vincent”, which dated back to 1842, all the others were new buildings, from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The Barracks Hospital was demolished after the war and a military unit was built in its place and it is still in use nowadays. The House of Primary-School Teachers was demolished and its site is the parking lot of a company. However, the other Satu Mare - Studii şi Comunicări, nr. XXXIV/II, 2018, p. 17-30
