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In 1945, US troops liberated Hadamar, uncovering one of Nazi Germany’s killing centers. Over 14,000 patients were murdered there under the so-called “Euthanasia Program.” Irmgard Huber, the head nurse, controlled the drugs used for killings and falsified death records. Convicted but spared the gallows, she lived free until her death in 1983. Witness the story they tried to hide.

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“The Female Face of Nazi Euthanasia: Head Nurse of Death Irmgard Huber”

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00:00From August 1942 to the 24th of March 1945, approximately 4,420 persons died at Hadamar.
00:09Resident physicians and staff directly killed the majority of these victims,
00:13among whom were German patients with disabilities, mentally disoriented elderly persons from bombed
00:18out areas, half-Jewish children from welfare institutions, psychologically and physically
00:23disabled forced laborers and their children, German soldiers, and foreign Waffen-SS soldiers
00:28deemed psychologically incurable. The medical personnel and staff at Hadamar killed almost
00:33all of these people with lethal drug overdoses and deliberate neglect.
00:38Ermgard Huber not only played a role in selecting patients for murder and in falsifying death
00:43certificates, but she also controlled the supply of drugs used to overdose patients.
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