People in the care of the Nursing Home Direct link for this paragraph Go back to index Go back to index The provisions of the Nursery secured only the most basic needs and, as evident from the lack of a library or reading room, overlooked cultural life almost entirely 5. In compliance with nutritional norms, the boarders were entitled daily to 50 dag of bread, 8 dag of meat, 3 dag of fat, 3 dag of sugar, 2 dag of vegetables and 1/6 litre of milk per person 4. The inhabitants of the Nursing Home received three meals a day, prepared on the premises. For this purpose, three bedrooms were set up, heated with stoves. The activities of the institution were concentrated for the most part on providing its charges with food and lodgings. The modernisation of the structure, as well as its institutional remodelling, were crucial for the improvement of the living conditions of its residents 3.
Most probably, the chair of the board was replaced by Anna Taubenfeld shortly before the war 2.īy the end of the 1930s the buidling where the Nursery was situated had undergone thorough renovation work which allowed it to be connected to both sewage and electricity systems.
The head of the office, Leon Szper, (nominated in the 1930s) was a secondary school teacher. Its members, appointed at the beginning of January 1939, included Wolf Halpern, Zanwel Szpiro and Szmul Wolman. Its supervising body was the Education Office established by the Jewish Community. The care of the residents was in the sole hands of the 9 members of personnel 1.
In the days preceding WWII, the Orphanage gave assistance to a relatively small number of those in need, irrespective of their age and gender, with room for only 15 people at its disposal. Pre-war activity of the institution Direct link for this paragraph Go back to index Go back to index The liquidation of the Old People's Home.Separation of the Orphanage from the Old People's Home.The financial conditions of the institution.The activity of the institution under German occupation.
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