Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Zofia Endelman

  • Zofiówka

    Mary V. SeemanToronto, CanadaMałgorzata GrochowinaWarsaw, Poland In 1938, there were 14,000 psychiatric beds in Poland, distributed over thirty-one institutions. One of these institutions was Zofiówka, dedicated to the care of Jewish patients with nervous and mental illness.1 It was opened in 1908 thanks to a donation by Zofia Endelman, for whom the facility was named.2…