Heilstätten Hohenlychen
The Hohenlychen Sanatorium was a complex of sanatoriums a little north of Berlin, Germany, that was in use from 1902 to 1945. While the complex was originally built in 1902 to house tubercular children, by the 1930s the Hohenlychen Sanatorium had become one of the main medical facilities of the Schutzstaffel, where injured or convalescing SS-men were treated.
History
Many preeminent SS doctors trained or were stationed at Hohenlychen, the most infamous being SS-Sturmbannführer Doktor Karl Gebhardt. In 1935, Gebhardt was appointed Medical Superintendent of Hohenlychen Sanatorium, which he changed from a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients into an orthopedic clinic. At Hohenlychen Sanatorium, Gebhardt started the first sports medicine clinic in Germany and developed sports programs for amputees and other disabled people. Gebhardt was also appointed to the Deutsche Hochschule für Leibesübungen (German College for Physical Education) in 1935, where he became the first professor of sports medicine in Berlin. Hohenlychen Sanatorium became the sports sanatorium for the Third Reich and served as the central hospital for the athletes who participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics. During the Second World War, the facility was instead used to treat and rehabilitate injured SS officers. The German military evacuated Hohenlychen before the Red Army arrived on April 29, 1945. The main hospital buildings were then utilized as a military hospital, though the abandoned Asylum was left untouched.Owner: The Russian Army
Suburb: Hohenlychen
City: Berlin
Country: Germany
Suburb: Hohenlychen
City: Berlin
Country: Germany
Type
Hospital
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