Duszpasterstwo ewangelickie w więzieniu elbląskim w drugiej połowie XIX wieku
Evangelical Ministry in the Elbląg Prison in the Second Half of the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: From the mid-19th century there took place important changes in the German judicial system including the prison system, which was to lead to the resocialization and returning prisoners to social life. An essential element of those actions was the regular pastoral care, the introduction of full-time chaplains to prisons, teaching and religious education of juvenile criminals, the promotion of reading and the integration of former prisoners with their family and local community. All those actions were consistently introduced from the mid-19th century also in the prison of Elbląg. The article presents the complicated beginnings of the Evangelical prison ministry in Elbląg, the figures of chaplains, methods of pastoral influence and aims and the composition of Verein zur Fürsorge für entlassene Sträflinge im Elbinger Kreise set up in 1873.

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