Orfelinatele din Gherla (1860-1948)
The Orphanages from Gherla (1860-1948)

Summary/Abstract: In Transylvania the institutionalized charity started in second half of the 19th century. Also in Gherla the Orphanage for boys was founded in 1860 and for girls in 1903. My study focused on the circumstances in which these institutions were set up and closed, their economic background, the house rules, and presents the people who worked there as well as the effects of the world wars on these institutions. It also tries to give an insight into the orphans’ daily life. I used 3 important sources for the presentation of the orphans’ way of living: a diary written by children between 1917 and 1919; a record of the house rules dating from 1876; the memories of Gizella Korbuly and Emilia Görög, two former orphans from different periods.

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