The Israelite Hospital in Simon-von-Utrecht-Strasse was financed by the Hamburg banker Salomon Heine and built in 1841-1843 by the architect Johann Hinrich Klees-Wülbern, who also constructed the temple in Poolstrasse at the same time. The clinic treated not only Jewish patients and enjoyed an excellent reputation beyond the Jewish community. In its almost 100-year history, it was enlarged several times by building extensions.    Under National Socialism, the work of the hospital was then increasingly made impossible. In 1939, the city of Hamburg effected the expropriation of all buildings and the land, and the clinic could only continue to operate in various substitute quarters in Rotherbaum. The street connecting the hospital with the Reeperbahn was previously called Heinestraße - in 1938 it was renamed "Hamburger Berg" after the former name of the district.   The building was operated as a jaw clinic and military hospital during World War II and was severely damaged by bomb hits. In the post-war period, it was restored in a simplified manner and used for various commercial purposes, but visibly fell into disrepair. It was not until the 1980s that it was extensively renovated as a historical monument and now serves as a job center. In the meantime, the structural condition has deteriorated again in many places, and the future of the building, which the city of Hamburg only uses as a tenant, seems uncertain.

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