Visionaries from Lviv

Year 2023 marked 120 years of the Lazarus Jewish Hospital in Lviv (Lww/Lemberg).This richly illustrated book is a tribute to its place in the once-vibrant Jewishcommunity of the city and in the society at large during the period 1903-1939.Visionaries from Lviv presents the hospitals history and its fascinating architecture,its doctors, and its founder, a prominent local Jewish philanthropist MaurycyLazarus, with the background of the Jewish life in Lviv.The volume also details the history of medicine and medical education in HabsburgGalicia prior to the hospitals founding, Jewish access to the medical profession, andthe impact of Jewish doctors on the path to modernity. It also shows the struggle ofwomen to become doctors. A moving and timely book with contributions fromleading historians, scholars, and medical professionals, Visionaries from Lviv is anode to the once thriving Jewish community in Lviv and a testament to how onepersons dream and commitment can impact the lives of so many.This publication was made possible with support from Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund and Gesher Galicia.