Alt Rehse

Alt Rehse is a village and a former municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. On 1 July 2008, it was incorporated into the town Penzlin.

Alt Rehse
Village of Penzlin
Street in Alt Rehse (2003)
Coat of arms
Location of Alt Rehse
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Coordinates: 53°30′N 13°10′E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Town	Penzlin
Area
• Total	9.11 km^2 (3.52 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population  (2006-12-31)
• Total	334
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	17217
Dialling codes	03962
Vehicle registration	MÜR
Website	www.altrehse.de

During the Nazi era it was the site of an Institute of Genetics, run by Dr Hermann Boehm, and the Führerschule der Deutschen Ärzteschaft (Leadership School of German Medicine). At this school, doctors, nurses and midwives attended a six-week course, during which they studied Nazi racial ideology, genetics, "racial science" and eugenics under Boehm. Students wore uniforms and were expected to participate in sports as well as hard daily exercise and to carry out physical labour. It was the eventual intention that all German medical professionals would pass through the school.[1]

Buildings that accommodated the students were built in the style of traditional, rural thatched cottages. At least one still carries inscriptions indicating it was built in "Year 3", i.e. 1936, the third year of the new, Nazi era.[2]

References

1. Proctor, Robert (1988). Racial Hygiene: Medicine Under the Nazis. Harvard University Press. pp. 83. ISBN 0674745787.
2. Johnathan Meades (1994). "Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany". Further Abroad. 10 min minutes in. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).