Hadamar Euthanasia Centre
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The Hadamar Euthanasia Centre was a Nazi killing facility in Germany where thousands of people with disabilities and mental illnesses were murdered under the regime’s so-called “euthanasia” program during World War II.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aktion T4 program site | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi euthanasia centre
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killing facility ⓘ |
| commemorates | victims of Nazi euthanasia program ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| endDate | 1945-03 ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
crematorium
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gas chamber ⓘ psychiatric hospital buildings ⓘ |
| hasGermanName | Tötungsanstalt Hadamar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | site of remembrance ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| legalAftermath | Hadamar Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Germany
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Hadamar NERFINISHED ⓘ Hesse ⓘ |
| memorialStatus |
memorial site
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museum ⓘ |
| methodOfKilling |
carbon monoxide poisoning
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gas chamber ⓘ lethal injection ⓘ overdose of medication ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
| notablePerpetrator |
Adolf Wahlmann
NERFINISHED
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Heinrich Ruoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Nazi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalPhase |
Aktion T4 phase 1941
NERFINISHED
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post-T4 decentralized killing phase 1942–1945 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aktion T4
NERFINISHED
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Nazi euthanasia program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetratorGroup |
Nazi doctors
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
administrative staff ⓘ nurses ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Holocaust history
ⓘ
Nazi crimes against disabled people ⓘ |
| startDate | 1941-01 ⓘ |
| subsequentTrials | German courts in Frankfurt ⓘ |
| trialYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| triedBy | U.S. military tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
forced euthanasia
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mass murder ⓘ systematic killing of people with disabilities ⓘ systematic killing of people with mental illnesses ⓘ |
| victimCount |
approximately 15000
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over 10000 ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
adult psychiatric patients
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children with disabilities ⓘ forced laborers ⓘ foreign workers ⓘ people with intellectual disabilities ⓘ people with mental illnesses ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Aktion T4 program site