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Cemetery at Hadamar where victims of euthanasia killing at Hadamar were buried. [LCID: 73719]
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The Hadamar clinic was established in Germany as a psychiatric facility. Between 1941–1945, staff at the clinic killed nearly 15,000 people as part of the Nazi Euthanasia Program. This program was established by the Nazis to kill people with mental and physical disabilities. Explore more content related to the Hadamar facility during the Holocaust (1933–1945) and the subsequent trial. 

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An American soldier stands guard in front of the Hadamar Institute. [LCID: 08474]
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An American soldier stands guard in front of the Hadamar Institute
Buses that transported patients from a public hospital near Wiesbaden to the Hadamar euthanasia center, where the patients were gassed ... [LCID: 77167]
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Buses that transported patients from the Eichberg hospital near Wiesbaden to the Hadamar euthanasia killing center
Two transport buses with painted windows are parked out front of a building with large trees. Two people stand at the back of the first bus and converse with a person opening the door at the back of the bus. All individuals appear to have light skin tones.
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Buses used to transport patients from the Eichberg hospital near Wiesbaden to Hadamar
Cemetery at Hadamar where victims of euthanasia killing at Hadamar were buried. [LCID: 73719]
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Cemetery at Hadamar
Portrait of a female nurse with light skin tone and dark hair sitting in a chair in an office. She is wearing a white uniform and nurse’s cap with a dark cardigan.
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Deadly Medicine: Irmgard Huber
Exhumations at Hadamar [LCID: dfh0399e]
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Exhumations at Hadamar
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Gassing Operations (Abridged Article) - Photograph
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Hadamar
Smoke rising from the chimney at Hadamar, one of six facilities which carried out the Nazis' Euthanasia Program. [LCID: 86721a]
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Hadamar euthanasia killing center
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Hadamar - Photograph
Portrait of a female nurse with light skin tone and dark hair sitting in a chair in an office. She is wearing a white uniform and nurse’s cap with a dark cardigan.
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Irmgard Huber, chief nurse at Hadamar “euthanasia” killing center
Staff from the Hadamar euthanasia center, including senior physician Adolf Wahlmann (front, left), during their trial. [LCID: 02502]
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Staff from the Hadamar euthanasia killing center
Staff from the Hadamar euthanasia center, including senior physician Adolf Wahlmann (front, left), during their trial. [LCID: 02502]
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The Hadamar Trial
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The Murder of People with Disabilities - Photographs
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]
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US Army soldier views the cemetery at Hadamar
US soldiers inspect Hadamar [LCID: dfh0676l]
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US soldiers inspect Hadamar

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