Dr. Anna L
Finally I had the chance to visit Dr. Anna L’s house. I was surprised about the amount of details still present as for many years this is a well known location. Dr. Anna L was the home and practice of urology specialist Dr. K and his wife. The doctor was born in 1910 and died in 1988 at the age of 78 in a car accident. After his death, his wife went to a nursing home. Their son is also a doctor in Berlin, he never cleared the house so now it is a true time capsule. The building oozes a macabre atmosphere, on the ground floor there are 2 consulting/operating rooms with surgical instruments, drugs, operating chairs with leg stirrups and disturbingly a fluid catch tray beneath the seat. Operating lights, test tube centrifuges, catheters and jars with human kidneys and other organs preserved in formaldehyde. On the ground floor there is a waiting area and a library full of Urology literature. This was a wealthy and very well educated couple. The doctor was innovative as he also had a laboratory for testings. The upper floors were the couples’ personal living space although still with plenty of medical books and photographs. Next to the grand curved staircase there is a large lounge area with an authentic Steinway piano. The doctor seemed to be a keen hunter as there were numberous animal skins around the house. The wardrobes were full of stylish ladies and gents clothing. For a couple living life in the 50’s and 60’s, they travelled a lot, Madeira, the UK,… This particular home is sad, all the stuff moved around for urbex pictures, nothing is really as it was, laying out clothes, moving shoes, picking up that fox, all to look artsy or creepy. Hopefully this home will soon get the attention to be restored but the menace of demolition is never far away…