4 Comments Posted by K.

Oh man, I stood there in front of that building in 2009 having a short chat with myself wether I should go in or not. I finally decided not to got, although I was really curious. I was really afraid of homeless people, drug addicts, the police - whatever. In my hometown Berlin I have no problems with entering cause I know about the legal system, can talk to the homeless without being scared, but wow! This was New York and I have seen to many bad CSI episodes.
Now I see this wonderful pictures I could bite myself in the ass for not going.
But thank you so much for your pictures anyway!

I highly doubt that lobotomies were performed in this hospital, as far as I know about the history of this beautiful building and architectural landmark.
In his last days this hospital served for heart and lung deseases.

And by the way this room has more the size of a thoracic surgery operation theatre.
Lobotomies were mostly performed in much smaller rooms.

Ah... and most of the old buildings on the campus used to have (some still have) these cute little balconies. In summer we spent our breaks from work there with coffee and a strictly forbidden cigarette.
Wow. Actually this seems ages ago.
I am very interested in the history of hospitals and know every single in Berlin - abandoned or in use.
Thank you for all of these beautiful photos!

This looks kind of familiar to me, but I can't tell which building this is. I used to work at the DRK Kliniken Westend and attended nursing school there ten years ago. Although this campus is really interesting and rich in history (the famous German poet Gottfried Benn used to work there as a doctor) most of the buildings are still in use. Not far away from Westend Hospital near Schloss Charlottenburg is the old gynecological hospital which was abandoned a couple of years ago and all wards were moved to the Westend Campus. But one can still sneak in and think of all the babys born there. I was one of them...