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TANULMÁNYOK - Kapronczay Károly: A lengyel menekültügy orvosi ellátása és szervezete Magyarországon a második világháború alatt, 1939—1945 (angol nyelven)
on to Western Europe or to Africa, 21 some of them entering the Polish forces in high ranks. The former figures apply only to the civilian refugees, as the health service of the military camps was a separate organization. The number of military surgeons working in Hungary was constantly changing but avaraged around 60 80. At the beginning (from Autumn 1939 to Summer 1940) Hungarians worked in the military camps as well, but the Polish physicians were soon introduced there, too. The last year of the war brought about considerable change, as the Hungarian health service was facing a serious shortagein doctors as a result of callings up. Several Polish doctors, who already spoke Hungarian well, became employed as official physicians, though their services continued to be sought in hospitals and sanatoria regularly treating Polish refugees. The Polish medical network also covered the legally operating Polish schools and youth camps, where the doctors acted as medical superinterdents, paying regular visits to the schools. The Home of Refugee Polish Orphans in Vác (in fact a school and college for Polish Jewish children) had a permanent doctor, who performed both medical and psychological tasks. 2 "' The health organization of the Polish refugees outlined above was the result of several factors: in addition to social care the Hungarian authorities also wanted to ensure proper medical care for the refugees, which was also required by considerations for public health. The Polish doctors were drawn into the work partly because of the overburderning of the Hungarian official physicians, but mainly because most of the refugees did not speak any language except Polish, so they were unable to communicate with Hungarian doctors. 2 " It was natural that the refugees preferred to be treated by their own compatriots. The medical equipment of the camps, including the supply of medicines, was provided partly by the Hungarian authorities, partly by the International Red Cross. 27 Chemists supplying medicines to refugees received refund from the IXth Department. . . 21 Zygmund Zaledziowski (1891 — 1957) was Deputy Commander, later Commander of the Health Group of the Polish Army organized in France. On 19 September 1939 he crossed the Hungarian border with his formation. After spending two months in the Győr camp he emigrated to France via Yugoslavia. Between 1941 and 1944 he fought with the Polish Army on the Western Front as a colonel. In 1946 he returned to Poland, from 1948 was professor of opthalmology in the University of Lodz. Besides him there were 34 Polish physicians who escaped from Hungary to France and achieved high rank in the medical service of the Polish Army. 2 "' H. Csorba, „Dzieci uratowane od zaglady". Biuletyn Zydowskiego lnstytuta Hystorycznego. 1960. pp. 100—105; A. Nowak, ,,Jak Polacy ratowali dzieci zydowskiego na Wegrzach", Panorama, 1968. 12. No. 19. p. 731.; H. Csorba, ,,Dzieci ocalone od zaglady. (Z dziejów oswiaty polskiego na Wegrzech w czasie drugie wojny swiatowej.)" Przeglad Hystoryczno-Oswiatowy, 1960. Vol. III. No. 3. pp. 105 —118.; H. Csorba, ,,W bocznej ulice Vacu", Tygodnik Polski. 1944. No. 7. The doctor of the college in Vác was dr. Jan Kotarba. 2,i R. Arend, ..Emigracja polska na Wegrzech w Iatach 1939—1943". Arch. Hist. Med. 1964. Vol. 27. pp. 417-461. 27 O. L. K.150. B.M. IX. ügyoszt. iratai. 4025. tétel. Elszámolások (Accounts).
