Eichberg Psychiatric Clinic door
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 78.750 inches (200.025 cm) | Width: 40.500 inches (102.87 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
Archival History
The door was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by the Zentrum fuer Soziale Psychiatrie Rheinblick (Eichberg Psychiatric Clinic).
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zentrum fuer Soziale Psychiatrie Rheinblick
Scope and Content
Wooden door from the Zentrum fuer Soziale Psychiatrie Rheinblick (Eichberg Psychiatric Clinic) in Eltville, Germany, has metal fittings and a rectangular hole that was possibly used to observe patients held in a solitary confinement cell. The door was used from the nineteenth century onward.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
- Psychiatry--Germany--History--20th century.
- Psychiatric hospitals--Germany--History--20th century.
Genre
- Object
- Architectural Elements
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