Grafeneck

Grafeneck

Grafeneck

Village of Gomadingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

For the Nazi killing facility located in this village, see Grafeneck Euthanasia Centre.

Grafeneck is a small rural village in the German municipality of Gomadingen, south of Stuttgart.

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World War II history

Grafeneck Castle, which had previously been an asylum for crippled people, was turned by the Nazis into an extermination facility.

Between January and December 1940, 10,654 people with mental disabilities or psychological disorders were gassed at this facility with carbon monoxide in the first gas chamber and then cremated. This was the beginning of the T-4 Euthanasia Program. Grafeneck was the first Nazi institution to be transformed in a gas chamber and crematorium.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Emiliano Perra (December 18, 2015). "The uncanny memory of Nazi euthanasia, the Risiera di San Sabba and the foibe". Incontroi. 30 (2). Werkgroep Italië Studies: 147. doi:10.18352/incontri.10117. ISSN 0169-3379. OCLC 5966476814. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2018. Grafeneck was the first institution to be outfitted with a gas chamber and crematorium


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