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Bractwo Najświętszych Serc Jezusa i Maryi przy kościele parafialnym w Połocku w świetle księgi brackiej z lat 1794–1818

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Maziarz A.
Miscellanea Historico-Archivistica
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2018
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issue 25
31-46
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Męczeński finał wojny. Losy sióstr z górnośląskich domów Zgromadzenia sióstr z górnośląskich domów Zgromadzenia Sióstr św. Elżbiety w 1945 r.

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Maziarz A.
Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
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2012
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vol. 67
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issue 3
57–75
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In 1945 the Red Army was supposed to liberate Upper Silesia from Nazi oppression, instead it brought destruction, suffering and death. Among the victims were Sisters of Saint Elizabeth. The nuns stayed in the area mainly due to their principles, driving them to help children, elderly and ill people under their care. They met the same fate as thousands of other women „liberated” by the Red Army. The followers of blessed Maria Merkert paid for devotion to fellow humans with their lives. Dozens of nuns were murdered with malice (ten of these martyrs are undergoing a beatification process); dozens died in the ruins of bombed buildings; many were also brutally raped. It is difficult to establish the number of nuns who died from diseases and weakness caused by wartime conditions. The author shows both the lives of individual nuns and the history of monasteries and convents in that terrible time. The greatest harm came to the ‘grey sisters’ of Saint Elizabeth from the Nysa convent, the home of this religious institute. These old and ailing women were treated despicably by degenerate Red Army soldiers. There were instances of kindly treatment of the nuns by soviet soldiers, however those were rare. After post-war chaos was tamed the nuns were subjected to further oppression by the communist regime. Under the new organisational structure (adjusted for the change in country’s boarders) they continued their work of Christian charity.
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Siostry elżbietanki w Festung Breslau

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Maziarz A.
Hereditas Monasteriorium
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2013
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vol. 2
141-166
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The capital of the Wrocław diocese played an important part in the functioning of the Grey Sisters of St. Elisabeth. What was located in the city before 1945 were the authorities of the general board, and novitiate. The help of the sick, the poor, children and elderly was offered in nine houses. Along with the approach of the Red Army to Wrocław, similarly to the inhabitants of other monasteries, the Sisters of St. Elisabeth in Wrocław confronted a dilemma: whether to be evacuated from the areas in danger or to stay with the ones who, for different reasons, could not run away. According to the charism given to the congregation by Maria Merkert, many sisters stayed to help the elderly, the sick and mothers with small children. They took up work in lazarets in the city changed into a fortress. Similarly to other civilians in Wrocław, they were exposed not only to the results of the air raids and artillery fire by the Soviet army, but also to the consequences of the defensive actions taken by the German side, for example burning the whole plots of the city. As a consequence, many monasteries fell into ruin, also the former General House on St. Joseph Street. After the surrender of the fortress (6. May), the next threat were the Soviet soldiers. As opposed to other sisters staying in Silesia at that time, the Sisters of St. Elisabeth were able to avoid murders and mass rapes.
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