- Grafeneck Castle
Grafeneck Castle was one of
Nazi Germany 's killing centers during the Euthanasia. Today it is a memorial place dedicated to the victims of theAction T4 .At least 10,500 mentally and physically disabled people, predominantly from
Bavaria andBaden-Württemberg , were systematically killed between January and December 1940 at this place. It was the first place in Nazi Germany where people were killed in huge numbers in agas chamber . This was actually the beginning of the euthanasia project.Location
Grafeneck is a castle-like property in
Grafeneck , a part of the city ofGomadingen inBaden-Württemberg .History
In 1929 the charitable nonprofit organisation
Samariterstiftung established an asylum for disabled people. At the beginning of the war in 1939 the building was confiscated. The killings through gas were performed between January and December 1940. Afterwards it was used to situate children and mothers with babies,who had fled from the bombing of the cities. Since 1990 Grafeneck is a memorial place, in 1965 the so called "Garage", where the killings happened,was demolished.External links
* [http://www.gedenkstaette-grafeneck.de/ http://www.gedenkstaette-grafeneck.de/]
* [http://grafeneck.finalnet.de/ http://grafeneck.finalnet.de/] de icon
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