Grafeneck

Coordinates: 48°23′40″N 9°25′57″E / 48.39444°N 9.43250°E / 48.39444; 9.43250
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For the Nazi killing facility located in this village, see Grafeneck Euthanasia Centre.
Grafeneck
village of Gomadingen
Location of Grafeneck
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Grafeneck is located in Germany
Grafeneck
Grafeneck
Grafeneck is located in Baden-Württemberg
Grafeneck
Grafeneck
Coordinates: 48°23′40″N 9°25′57″E / 48.39444°N 9.43250°E / 48.39444; 9.43250
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
DistrictReutlingen
MunicipalityGomadingen
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

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

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.

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