T4 - Memorial for the Victims of the Nazi Euthanasia Program
T4 - Memorial for the Victims of the Nazi Euthanasia Program
T4 - Memorial for the Victims of the Nazi Euthanasia Program
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lonewolf44
Kingston upon Thames, UK1,303 contributions
Jan 2020
The Nazi programme of euthanasia and forced sterilisation of the physically and mentally disabled was codenamed 'Order T4' after the address where the plan was hatched: 4 Tiergarten. On the site today is the markedly less sinister Berlin Philharmonie and this simple but effective memorial. As you approach from the direction of the Brandenburg Gate, it looks like a simple partition of translucent blue plastic. I guess the idea is that the euthanasia victims were almost invisible. Whatever, there is an extremely informative plaque alongside which details (in German and in English) the terrible details and the stories of some of the victims, and survivors.
Written 20 January 2020
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IlkannaJones
Baltimore, MD160 contributions
Jan 2020
This memorial is located at the precise location that the secret euthanasia programs were planned out. It is a somber experience but a necessary one to remember those physically and intellecutally disabled persons killed by the Nazis. My great aunt was one of those killed by Aktion t-4 at Bernburg Euthanasia Center on March 31, 1941. I very much like the starkness of the memorial.
Written 3 April 2020
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macedonboy
Glasgow, UK185,662 contributions
Sept 2019
This memorial stands as a reminder of the Nazi T4 program, which in short sterilised, murdered or intentionally starved to death those people the Nazis deemed unfit to life. Such victims were usually those suffering mental illness or were disabled. The memorial is several panes of blue glass which I didn’t understand. Next to the memorial is lots of explanatory notes about the T4 program as well as more detailed description of some of its victims.
I don’t really understand the design of the memorial, but +1 for the reminder of how cruel society can be towards those less fortunate.
I don’t really understand the design of the memorial, but +1 for the reminder of how cruel society can be towards those less fortunate.
Written 29 September 2019
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Clogs
Poland3,034 contributions
Sept 2020 • Solo
Oof, hits you right in the gut, 200K people murdered for not fitting the Nazi model of the perfect human, so many of them, unbelievable, the number is that of a small city's population. Imagine that, a whole city wiped out, empty of people. Here stands a poignant memorial, a reminder which refuses to be not seen, to be ignored. I was actually cycling by when I saw it. The blue glass just calls out at you, come and see. Well I saw and I will remember.
Written 8 September 2020
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Jeremy044
Los Angeles, CA387 contributions
Jul 2016 • Couples
En route to the other memorials of holocaust victims we stopped here and I learned more about the Nazi hate machine and the atrocities that were committed. This memorial is built on a site that somewhat started it all. This is where plans were made to sterilize and eventually euthanize the disabled, or those deemed unfit to contribute to society. It was through these "mercy killings" that they perfected the ability to asphyxiate people, starting with cargo vans that re-routed exhaust into the back chamber where people sat and the driver drove around the city. While at this memorial i was immensely moved by the thought that this would have been the fate of family members who were born deaf, bi-polar, and with Downs syndrome. I also realized that my own brith defect, although corrected by surgery when I was 11, would have meant I would have been forcibly sterilized and possibly institutionalized or even killed. The haunting stories of 70,000 Germans and possibly 300,000 disabled who were killed because they were not valued as fit for the ideal society will always remind me of what happened and what we must do to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Written 23 August 2016
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oneoldmonk
Victoria, Canada27 contributions
Jun 2017 • Solo
If you're interested in Nazi history, Berlin is the place for memorials -- the German people (I was born in G) are continually facing-up to historical events. This monument took till the 2010 to be voted into existence by the German parliament: 65+ years after the events. It commemorates atrocities committed by doctors and nurses -- it took a whole new generation to come to terms with what their colleagues had done in the name of racial purity and cleansing.
The blue-glass-wall and explanatory panel are located at Tiergartenstrasse 4 which was the address of the organization ("code named after the address as "T4") responsible to carry out Hitler's 1939 decree to do away with citizens (many children) who, under Nazi ideology, were considered 'not worthy of life' ("lebensunwert") because of physical and emotional handicaps.
The methods developed to kill tens of thousands under "Projekt T4" were eventually expanded in the mass extermination centres (KZ) in what's known as the Holocaust.
The blue-glass-wall and explanatory panel are located at Tiergartenstrasse 4 which was the address of the organization ("code named after the address as "T4") responsible to carry out Hitler's 1939 decree to do away with citizens (many children) who, under Nazi ideology, were considered 'not worthy of life' ("lebensunwert") because of physical and emotional handicaps.
The methods developed to kill tens of thousands under "Projekt T4" were eventually expanded in the mass extermination centres (KZ) in what's known as the Holocaust.
Written 1 February 2018
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DJO
West Sussex, UK73 contributions
Dec 2017 • Couples
We stumbled across this while walking from tiergarten and learnt all about an atrocity which I had no idea about beforehand.
We spent about 15 minutes reading all the information describing the persecution of those with mental disabilities deemed undesirable in the Nazi regime resulting in either their murder or sterilisation. It is a truly harrowing memorial well worth seeking out.
We spent about 15 minutes reading all the information describing the persecution of those with mental disabilities deemed undesirable in the Nazi regime resulting in either their murder or sterilisation. It is a truly harrowing memorial well worth seeking out.
Written 10 December 2017
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Martin N
East Boldon, UK503 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
This thought provoking memorial can be found by approaching the BerlinPhilhamonie Building from the Sony Center and bearing right (we walked in the other direction and circled the building before finding!) There is a moving explanation of the reasons for the memorial in English, which is lit at night which was when we visited.
Written 19 April 2017
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RicT137
Palm Springs, CA75 contributions
Dec 2016 • Friends
This memorial describes the euthanasia program where the nazis murdered up to two hundred thousand people with physical and mental disabilities. First by lethal injection and starvation, then by gassing. The Catholic church complained about this, although not about the Jews, and the program went underground and back to killing by starvation. Many of the doctors and administrators moved on to the death camps. Not a pretty picture. It is directly in front of the Berlin Philharmonic, so, although it will not cheer you up, it is easily combined with a concert.
Written 28 December 2016
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Mariana Aguiar
Sao Paulo, SP1,083 contributions
Aug 2016 • Solo
This memorial is simpler than some others that are bigger and more impressive, Still, it's a nice one, having collected information about the Euthanasia Program of the nazis and the people who died due to it. Especially cool for people who like to read about it, since there are many signs explaining what happened.
Written 27 November 2016
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