ON THE WORK OF THE VOROSHILOV (STAVROPOL) MEDICAL INSTITUTE DURING GERMAN OCCUPATION (1942-1943)

Abstract

The article describes the functioning of Voroshilov (Stavropol) state medical Institute during the Nazi occupation that lasted from August 1942 to January 1943. The recently established University in possession of appropriate material and technical base at the time of the occupation was fully staffed and ready to train a large number of specialists. This was due to, first, the evacuation of material resources, employees and students of the Dnepropetrovsk state medical Institute to Voroshilovsk. In turn, the German command guided by the principle of practical necessity and seeking to avoid outbreaks of various diseases showed interest in training medical specialists with appropriate qualifications for the entire North Caucasus after the capture of the city. Nevertheless, the educational process at the Institute was interrupted. It was caused primarily by liquidation of a significant part of the teaching staff carried out mainly in August and September 1942 during the punitive actions against the civilian population of the city. Despite a number of preparatory activities, the attempts of new authorities to resume their studies at the University failed. At the same time, there wasa number of units in the Institute that did not directly relate to the organization of the educational process, and some of their employees continued to be engaged in medical work at the clinical sites of the Institute. The article attempts to summarize available information, consider various evaluations of the given historical period of the Institute, as well as specify the activity conducted in the University during the occupation with account of sources that have not been previously used.