Helios Hospital Sahlenburg

1. Mathilde-Emden-Haus

2. Mathilde-Emden-Haus
from the back side

3. Inside

6. General Information
● 1914: Miss Mathilde Emden helped to
complete the building of the house with her
legacy
● the house was built because of a rising
number of patient
● Today: a lot of buildings of the Helios Klinik
are not in use anymore and left to decay

7. Mathilde-Emden
● her family was persecuted
during WWII because of
their Jewish origin
● fell into oblivion
● daughter of a succesful
banker
● succesful businesswoman
oblivion= Vergessenheit

8. Our sources
● http://cuxpedia.de/index.php?title=Emden,_Mathilde
● https://www.facebook.com/cuxhavensinsider/photos
● http://www.hamburg-lese.de/index.php?article_id=2