Hadamar was a psychiatric clinic and one of six killing facilities in the so-called Euthanasia Program. The goal of the Nazi Euthanasia Program was to murder people with mental and physical disabilities. The program claimed an estimated 250,000 lives. At Hadamar alone, 15,000 people were killed.
![View of the wall surrounding the cemetery of the Hadamar Institute. [LCID: 05444]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/ec461a51-3fda-4ced-9f71-1d60fd878fa5.jpg "View of the wall surrounding the cemetery of the Hadamar Institute. [LCID: 05444]")
View of the wall surrounding the cemetery of the Hadamar euthanasia killing center. Jagged pieces of glass were placed on the wall to discourage observers. This photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation of Hadamar. Germany, April 5, 1945.
Item View![An American soldier stands guard in front of the Hadamar Institute. [LCID: 08474]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/35f2c832-ea8a-4557-8940-e04925cd6c5b.jpg "An American soldier stands guard in front of the Hadamar Institute. [LCID: 08474]")
An American soldier stands guard in front of the Hadamar Institute. The photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. Germany, April 5, 1945.
Item View![View of the Hadamar Institute. This photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. [LCID: 05456]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/34efc3d7-dfff-42b6-9b89-01a1cab6aef1.jpg "View of the Hadamar Institute. This photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. [LCID: 05456]")
View of the Hadamar Institute. This photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. Germany, April 7, 1945.
Item View![View of one of the mass graves at the Hadamar Institute. [LCID: 05490]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/dc05bbff-ca20-4f02-b0df-370c0f1e701b.jpg "View of one of the mass graves at the Hadamar Institute. [LCID: 05490]")
View of one of the mass graves at the Hadamar Institute. This photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. Germany, April 5, 1945.
Item View![A US Army soldier views the cemetery at the Hadamar Institute, where victims of the Nazi euthanasia program were buried in mass graves. [LCID: 05508]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c398ca5a-ba98-43b5-83a9-010b865a594b.jpg "A US Army soldier views the cemetery at the Hadamar Institute, where victims of the Nazi euthanasia program were buried in mass graves. [LCID: 05508]")
A US Army soldier views the cemetery at Hadamar, where victims of the Nazi euthanasia program were buried in mass graves. This photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. Germany, April 5, 1945.
Item View![Exterior view of the Hadamar main building. The photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. [LCID: 05461]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8e26d2bf-96bd-41b5-8440-d7c55b812946.jpg "Exterior view of the Hadamar main building. The photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. [LCID: 05461]")
Exterior view of the Hadamar main building. The photograph was taken by an American military photographer soon after the liberation. Germany, April 7, 1945.
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