European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 08, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                M � k ?hf4 Safe a " 1 v b quiet ".j.  women patients of Elfing Haar. An Asylum near Munich Peel potatoes As part of their occupational therapy treatment by Werner prym photographs by Kurt Schraudenbac a reporter visits Germany s largest mental institution and finds surprisingly enough that War has not in creased the number of insanity cases for the sane Public mental institutions havea gruesome fascination which is widely exploited in books and movies. Bavarian who pass by the clipped Hedges an4 mesh wire fences of Elfing Haar Germany s biggest insane Asylum about ten Miles East of Munich usually Crane their necks to get a fleeting glance of hidden mys teries. They get nothing of the kind. What they see is a group of Ordinary looking people working in Well kept gardens and Fields around the institution. Slightly disappointed the bavarian then Point out a number of Small houses scattered in Side the grounds muttering that must be where they keep the raving maniacs in Strait jackets and cold  j visited the Asylum there were no raving maniacs cavorting about the grounds. I also discovered that such devices As Strait jackets and cold Baths had been abolished a Long time since.4 wok kind. May rom continued on earn