An imposing tower. BEELITZ, GERMANY. CHILLING pictures have emerged of the place where Adolf Hitler recuperated following an injury at WW1?s Battle of
An imposing tower. BEELITZ, GERMANY. CHILLING pictures have emerged of the place where Adolf Hitler recuperated following an injury at WW1?s Battle of the Somme in 1916. The foreboding exterior features have been somewhat preserved as these images demonstrate, but the interior of the sanatorium tells a different story. More images tell tales of the sanatorium?s past with furniture and therapeutic equipment still present. Here, we see a rusted bathtub in a room with a debris-covered floor. Leaves are growing through the broken windows and graffiti covers the walls. The hospital complex of 60 buildings, called Beelitz Heilstatten was originally used to treat tuberculosis, later becoming a military hospital with the onset of World War One. It was at this time, that a young Adolf Hitler was treated there and was transported to the hospital to convalesce after being wounded in the leg by a shell blast. After the Second World War, the Russian army occupied the hospital and did so until 1995. 1990 East Germany?s last Communist ruler, Erich Honecker was admitted to the hospital after being forced to resign from his post. Since their departure, the infamous hospital has been used as a film set for ?Valkyrie? in 2008 and ?The Pianist? in 2002. Georg-Michael Jordan (55) from Furth, Germany, is the photographer behind these eerie shots, which he captured on his travels. ?I find the history exciting, the architecture and all the money that was spent on health about 120 years ago,? he said. ?Beelitz is near Berlin and the largest sanatorium in Germany. ?I felt a little scared as I was mostly alone and could smell ENDS
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Keywords: abandoned, architecture, eerie, exploration, germany, hitler, hospital, urban, ww1, ww2
