title: [Doctor Bronisław Hager (1890-1969)--doctor and politician].
abstract: Doctor Bronisław Hager was born into the family of the Polish intelligentsia. He was brought up according to the Polish tradition with respect for freedom and independence. His father, Maxymilian was a fervent fighter in the struggle for independence of Silesia. His mother was involved in community service. Bronisław Hager finished his medical studies at Collegium Medicum of Jagiellonian University on 27th March 1914. Between World War I and World War II he actively fought for joining Silesia to Poland. During World War II he emigrated to London where he became one of members of the Polish government in exile. At the end of World War II he was a doctor of United Nations in Bavaria. He came back to the country on 22th November 1946. He settled in Tarnowskie Góry and worked at the community health center till 1967. He translated Sir Alexander Fleming's work on the discovery and using of penicillin. He died on 30th June 1969. Bronisław Hager was a good doctor, a great politician, a wonderful speaker and a real Pole.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Chirurgii Wielospecjalistycznego Szpitala Powiatowego im. dr. Bronisława Hagera w Tarnowskich Górach. lekarz.nurkowy@wp.pl
authors.forename: Łukasz M
authors.initials: ŁM
authors.lastname: Drozdz
authors.forename: Iwona J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Iwaniszyn-Popowicz
authors.forename: Oliwia M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Mokrus
authors.forename: Łukasz J
authors.initials: ŁJ
authors.lastname: Madry