Sachsenberg psychiatric asylum bed
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 79500.000 inches (201930 cm) | Width: 40.250 inches (102.235 cm) | Depth: 36.000 inches (91.44 cm)
Archival History
The bed was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Medizin und Pharmaziehistorisches Museum Wismar.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Medizin und Pharmaziehistoriches Museum Wismar
Scope and Content
The Sachsenberg psychiatric asylum, which is where this bed was used, was one of many hospitals in Nazi Germany that participated in the murder of the physically and the psychologically handicapped patients, which began as a movement ordered by Hitler to rid the country of these disabled persons. By WWII, approximately 1000-1100 patients were held in Sachsenberg.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Aluminum bed; headboard: simple open grillwork with curved upper bar and four perpendicular bars attached to center bar with decorative fittings; footboard: curved upper bar bisected with center bar, two short bars attached to center bar with ball fittings also attach to solid metal sheet; wire springs and mattress lift; bed frame on wheels; frame painted white; printed tag on side rail, "Inv. Nr./Bezirkshevenklinik/Schwerin"
Genre
- Furnishings and Furniture
- Object