Franja partisan hospital

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Franja partisan hospital three days before the flood disaster

The Franja Partisan Hospital was during the Second World War, a secret partisans - Hospital near the hamlet Dolenji Novaki , the north-east of Cerkno in western Slovenia is. From 1944 until the end of the war in 1945, it served to care for wounded Yugoslav partisans . Although the Wehrmacht made several attempts to find the hospital , it was never discovered. Since 1963 it has been part of the Idrija City Museum . On Tuesday, September 18, 2007, it was badly damaged in a flood disaster and was closed until May 2010 for the purpose of almost complete reconstruction. Since reopening, it can be viewed daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from April 1st to October 31st of each year.

historical overview

The hospital was opened in December 1943 under the direction of the doctor Dr. Viktor Volčjak in the remote Pasica Gorge. Since the gorge is inaccessible, bridges first had to be built. In order to keep the situation a secret, patients were blindfolded during the transport. The camp was also secured by minefields and machine gun emplacements.

The first wounded were admitted on December 23, 1943. In January or February 1944, the doctor Dr. Franja Bojc-Bidovec ran the hospital named after her first name. Except for a three-month break, she worked in the hospital until the end of the war. She was supported by a nurse and trained former wounded. In just under 18 months, a total of 578 people, 80 of them from other nations, were treated. Among them was also a German Wehrmacht soldier who, after his recovery, worked as an auxiliary nurse in the partisan hospital until the end of the war.

Over the course of time, the facility was gradually expanded to include eleven larger barracks, which were covered with moss and twigs for camouflage and given a flecktarn paint on the outside. The hospital was well equipped for the conditions at the time. The operating room and the X-ray machine were located in a larger barrack with windows . In addition, a wooden hut for the disabled , an isolation ward, a barrack with sanitary facilities, several medical wards and a laundry were built on the site. The water was supplied via an elevated tank and electricity was obtained from its own hydropower plant . The hospital could accommodate a total of 108 patients.

Location map

Location map

Site plan of the hospital buildings before the flood disaster:

  1. Wounded barracks, bunkers
  2. Isolation ward
  3. operating room
  4. Doctor's hut
  5. X-ray barrack
  6. Stretcher camp
  7. Hospital kitchen
  8. kitchen
  9. Barracks for the wounded, dining room
  10. Barracks for the wounded, camp and carpentry
  11. Care barracks
  12. Sanitary facilities, laundry
  13. Infirmary, treatment room
  14. Water tank
  15. Hydroelectric power plant
  16. Morgue
  17. Bunkering above the Pasica gorge

meaning

  • In 2003, on the 60th anniversary of the opening of the partisan hospital , the Pošta Slovenije issued a special postage stamp for 76 tolar (approx. 0.32 euros), which became “Postage Stamp of the Year”.
  • Franja was that of the Republic of Slovenia UNESCO as a World Heritage proposed.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pictures of the destruction with explanations in English.
  2. ^ Information on the official website of the Idrija City Museum.
  3. ↑ During this time, however, 61 patients also died.
  4. ^ Description page of the Slovenian Post in the Slovenian language.
  5. ↑ List of suggestions for the UNESCO World Heritage Center .

Web links

View before the flood disaster
Commons : Franja Partisan Hospital  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


Coordinates: 46 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 1 ′ 38 ″  E