Beelitz is a city in Germany on land in the state of Brandenburg, located 40 kilometers from Berlin. During the First and Second World Wars, the city-forming hospital of the same name was used by the military, and in 1916 Adolf Hitler himself was treated there. After World War II, the hospital found itself in the zone of Soviet occupation and became the largest Soviet hospital outside the Soviet Union. 
Photos by Dmitry Chistoprudov The mood of the abandoned hospital begins right from the station platform: 
Belitz-Heilstetten: 
The complex is an architectural monument of the Art Nouveau style and consists of 60 buildings, some of which have been restored. Construction began in 1898, was completed in 1930 and took place in three phases. The architects were Heino Schmieden and Julius Boethke, as well as Fritz Schulz, who was responsible for the third phase of construction (1926-1930). 
To the north of the railway there were buildings with infectious patients, to the west of the highway there were buildings for women, to the east - for sick men. The service personnel in the female part were predominantly female, and in the male part - male. 
Almost all abandoned buildings are closed to access. The doors and windows are securely boarded up with tall boards and sheets of plywood. I forgot my nail puller in the room, so I spent a long time looking for at least some kind of loophole. We first managed to crawl into the basement of one of the buildings for men. 
Sometimes I forgot that I was in Germany not far from Berlin) 
Renovated and well maintained house. It’s nice that the complex is gradually being restored: 
Women's buildings. “In general, a partially restored area makes an even stronger impression than complete abandonment. Suddenly, among the ruins, you meet a mother with a stroller, in which there is a screaming baby. Dad, however, is nearby photographing some wall painting in one of the buildings. Then he changes hands with the girl: mom takes the camera and goes to film, and dad coos with the child.” - writes Sergei Lukichev. 
Amazing places to walk. Especially if you use your imagination and imagine what happened here during wartime: 
Soviet newspapers, my fatherland: 
Abandoned buildings have an indescribable, mysterious atmosphere. 
Moidodyr: 
A complex of buildings south of the railway. In the center of the square near this canteen and gym building, in the 70s, a monument to the Soviet military orderly was erected. The same monument in the title photo. 
A railway line once ran here:
Abandoned Soviet hospital near Berlin 
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