Sonnenstein Euthanasia Centre
Dohma, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzebirge, Saxony, Germany
National Socialist Death Institution Sonnenstein was a Nazi killing centre on the grounds of a castle near Pima, Germany.
The killing centers were set up as part of a secret program called Action T4 intended to rid Germany and Europe of people deemed undesirables. In German it was called Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens (Life unworthy of Life,) or Ballastexistenzen (Dead Weight existence.) The method for gassing prisoners at Sonnenstein was later used at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The workers at the Sonnenstein Registry Office sent families fabricated death certificates along with form letters of condolences.
Today, a memorial center exists on the site. It has an exhibition room and it opened to the public in June, 2000.
National Socialist Death Institution Sonnenstein was a Nazi killing centre on the grounds of a castle near Pima, Germany.
The killing centers were set up as part of a secret program called Action T4 intended to rid Germany and Europe of people deemed undesirables. In German it was called Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens (Life unworthy of Life,) or Ballastexistenzen (Dead Weight existence.) The method for gassing prisoners at Sonnenstein was later used at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The workers at the Sonnenstein Registry Office sent families fabricated death certificates along with form letters of condolences.
Today, a memorial center exists on the site. It has an exhibition room and it opened to the public in June, 2000.
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- Added: 22 Mar 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2534455
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