[Excerpt from Wilbur A. Sawyer's diary concerning his visit to post-war Poland]
Description:
Dr. Sawyer's diary notes provide a good picture of the many health administration challenges in post-war Europe: food shortages, epidemic disease, and damaged hospitals, laboratories, and sanitation infrastructures, shortages of medical personnel, and thousands of displaced persons. He also described a visit to the Majdanek concentration camp, near Lublin, Poland.
Item is handwritten.
Number of Image Pages:
39 (2,310,460 Bytes)
Date Supplied:
22 November-7 December 1945
Creator:
Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Rights:
This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Public Health
Poland
Exhibit Category:
Post-War Work: UNRRA and Retirement, 1944-1954
Relation:
[Excerpt from Wilbur A. Sawyer's diary concerning his visit to post-war Poland] [7-21 November 1945]
[Excerpt from Wilbur A. Sawyer's diary concerning his visit to post-war Poland] [7-21 November 1945]