Sonnenstein Euthanasia Centre

The Sonnenstein Euthanasia Clinic (German: NS-Tötungsanstalt Sonnenstein; literally "National Socialist Killing Institution Sonnenstein") was a Nazi euthanasia or extermination centre located in the former fortress of Sonnenstein Castle near Pirna in eastern Germany, where a hospital had been established in 1811. The methods of gassing prisoners at Sonnestein were later adopted at Auschwitz to exterminate inmates.

Sonnenstein Euthanasia Centre

The Sonnenstein Euthanasia Clinic (German: NS-Tötungsanstalt Sonnenstein; literally "National Socialist Killing Institution Sonnenstein") was a Nazi euthanasia or extermination centre located in the former fortress of Sonnenstein Castle near Pirna in eastern Germany, where a hospital had been established in 1811. The methods of gassing prisoners at Sonnestein were later adopted at Auschwitz to exterminate inmates.