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Lost Without Her...
The exhibition called Lost Without Her... (Nélküle fű sem nőtt…) presents the life and significance of Carola Szilvássy. The display primarily emphasizes the public activities of Carola, since for very many years this remarkable individual was known only as the muse of author Miklós Bánffy. However, correspondence and documents that have survived reveal Carola actively supported the arts, she was a force to be reckoned with in assisting the poor and she also took part in the deaconess movement. During the First World War she was a nurse with a detachment of surgeons, having a status similar to that of a surgeon’s assistant in today’s terms. She was a brave woman who played an important role on the front in tending the sick and injured – original photos in this exhibition bear witness to this heroism. Viewers of this display will also come across Carola as an extraordinarily beautiful, enterprising person with great intelligence, a personality who went against societal norms of the day, in fact, one of the outstanding female characters of the last century.
In the 500th year of the Reformation, the exhibition organizers considered it extremely important to present, in relation to the work and legacy of Carola, her activities in the sphere of deaconess ministry. Carola Szilvássy is credited with numerous acts representative of the diaconate spirit: each summer she welcomed orphaned children into her home, she devoted a considerable proportion of her wealth to the foundation of nursery schools, and she sponsored benefits and social provision for talented children from underprivileged backgrounds. Her final gesture in life was similarly of a charitable nature: she bequeathed her entire assets to the Transylvanian institute of deaconesses.
Documents serving as the basis of the exhibition come from the bequest deposited in the archives of the Transylvanian Reformed Diocese but it was also established due to donations from several private individuals and material from the Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute.
Sources:
http://www.museum.hu/kiallitas/...
https://kronika.ro/kultura/...
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