Friedrich Joseph Haass
Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass | |
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Native name | Фёдор Петрович Гааз |
Born |
Bad Münstereifel | August 10, 1780
Died |
August 28, 1853 73) Moscow | (aged
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Grave of Friedrich Joseph Haass on Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow
Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass (Russian: Фёдор Петрович Гааз, Fyodor Petrovich Gaaz; 10 August 1780 – 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1853) was the "holy doctor of Moscow".[1][2] Born in Bad Münstereifel, as a member of Moscow's governmental prison committee, he spent 25 years until the end of his life to humanize the penal system.[1] During the last nine years before his death, he spent all of his assets to run a hospital for homeless people. He died in Moscow. Twenty thousand people attended his funeral at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery, which was paid for by the state as he had no more money.[1]
See also
Russia portal Biography portal
References
- Koni, Anatolij Fedorovic: "Doktor Friedrich Haass. Lebensskizze eines deutschen Philanthropen in Rußland", in: Zur Geschichte des russischen Gefängniswesens im 19. Jahrhundert, auf Veranlassung von Graf Gregor Stroganoff aus dem Russischen ins Deutsche übersetzt, Verlag von Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1899.
External links
- Friedrich Haass School
- Friedrich Joseph Haass: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
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