Documentation from the Allgemeines Krankenhaus (General Hospital) in Barmbeck (a suburb of Hamburg) The General Hospital in Barmbeck started to be partially active in November 1913, and it opened completely in August 1914 with a capacity of 2,400 beds. The hospital was a part of the system of regional hospitals of Hamburg State. For several years during World War II, the hospital was subjugated to military command, as part of the military medical system. The hospital was damaged by air-raids in 1942. The building was evacuated in May 1945 by order of the British occupation authorities, and its location wandered between various buildings until it returned to its original building in 1953. The hospital was active as of the time of the writing of this summary (2018). The Altregistratur (administrative files) of the hospital were transferred to the Archive of the City of Hamburg in 1985. The Archive of the City waived the patients' files. The material that was copied for Yad Vashem includes information regarding Nazi activities and the implementation of Nazi regulations concerning the hospital and the subject of health in general; for instance, the Gesetz zur Verhuetung erbkranken Nachwuchses (Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring - "Sterilization Law") for patients with genetic diseases, or the purging of the hospital's library (and all public libraries) of literature considered inappropriate by the authorities. There are also files dealing with the training of medical staff, and the removal of Jews and Mischlinge from this training, as well as preparations before the war.