Roman Robroek
- The Beelitz Heilstätten hospital complex in Beelitz, Germany, has been abandoned for 25 years.
- The 121-year-old hospital served as a military hospital during World Wars I and II, and its list of patients include a young Adolf Hitler.
- Chilling photos show what the abandoned hospital looks like today.
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Not far from Berlin stands a 121-year-old hospital that has been abandoned for 25 years.
The Beelitz Heilstätten complex in Beelitz, Germany, was once the largest treatment center in the world for lung diseases like tuberculosis.
During World War I, it was used as a military hospital. One of its patients during that time was none other than Adolf Hitler, who as a soldier in 1916, was wounded in the thigh by a shell blast during the Battle of the Somme.
The complex served again as a military hospital during World War II, and was then occupied by the Soviet military for 50 years. The Soviets abandoned the site in 1995, and although select sections of the hospital are now used for research and rehabilitation, most of the complex has remained virtually untouched for nearly 25 years.
As a photographer with a focus on abandoned buildings and a passion for history, I traveled to Beelitz to photograph the abandoned hospital complex in 2014 and 2018.
Here's what Beelitz Heilstätten looks like today.