Monday, January 3, 2011

Mass grave in Austria by the Nazis killed 220 people with disabilities

VIENNA - The remains of 220 people, mostly mental and physical disabilities were murdered during the Nazi period, were found in the Regional Hospital of Hall in Tyrol, Austria. The remains were found during some work for the expansion of the hospital. The excavations were to be of interest to the old cemetery, but after the grisly discovery was decided to block everything.

The tests showed that people were buried between 1942 and 1945. The remains were in the area reserved for the psychiatric pavilion. Tilak According to the company, which operates hospitals in the Tyrol, "at least in part" related to the "euthanasia program" conducted by the Nazis and that led to the killing of a total of 300 000 people.

A commission of inquiry is working to identify victims.

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