Abstract

In July 1866, this hospital facility was established in Leipzig’s Gymnastics Hall in an effort to cope with the huge influx of casualties from the battlefields of Bohemia during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The woodcut is based on a drawing by H. Heine.

Makeshift Hospital in Leipzig’s Gymnastics Hall (1866)

H. Heine

Source

Source: The International Lazarett in the Leipzig Gymnastics Hall [Turnhalle]. Woodcut (1866) after a drawing by H. Heine.
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Recommended Citation

Makeshift Hospital in Leipzig’s Gymnastics Hall (1866), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1383> [December 20, 2024].

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