Hospital train 662 photograph, Lazarettzug 662 Foto

Remarkable photo of hospital train 662.
The photo was most likely taken after the train passed through Berlin on February 23, 1945.
This information comes from the war diary in which this train was written.

The textpart is:
Fahrt vom 19. Februar bis zum 28. Februar 1945 von Lübeck nach Stolp, wo 585 Verwundete übernommen wurden. Zwischen Stolp und Naumburg insgesamt 34 Notausladungen. 551 Verwundete wurden in Hünfeld, Bad Salzschlirf, Alsfeld, Giessen, Wetzlar, Nauheim und Kronberg entladen, der Zug selbst in Bad Nauheim abgestellt.
Besondere Vorkommnisse: Am 23. Februar 1945 erfolgten gegen 20 Uhr während der Fahrt durch Berlin Bombenabwürfe in der Nähe des Zuges. Einige Fensterscheiben zerbrochen.

In English:
Trip from February 19th to February 28th, 1945 from Lübeck to Stolp, where 585 wounded were taken over. A total of 34 emergency unloadings between Stolp and Naumburg. 551 wounded were unloaded in Hünfeld, Bad Salzschlirf, Alsfeld, Giessen, Wetzlar, Nauheim and Kronberg, and the train itself was parked in Bad Nauheim.
Special incidents: On February 23, 1945, around 8 p.m., bombs were dropped near the train while it was traveling through Berlin. Some windows broken.

Code: 50426