From May 1940 to November 1944, about 30,000 people, including disabled individuals, mental patients, prisoners, and laborers, were killed in gas chambers at Hartheim Castle and burned. Researchers ...

VIENNAVIENNA — A model of an Austrian castle where the Nazis murdered about 30,000 people – including many who were mentally ill or disabled – is headed to a U.S. museum. Hartheim Castle was one of ...

A layer of human ashes several centimetres thick and bone remains covering an area of around 450 square meters - excavations at the former Nazi killing centre in Hartheim (Upper Austria) have revealed ...

In 1939, as the world stood on the brink of World War II, Hartheim Castle, Austria, was at the centre of a turning point of history. It had been a centre for those with physical or mental disabilities ...

Renovations at a castle in northern Austria revealed remains of some 30,000 people killed there by the Nazis. The bones and ashes were buried last Friday in a ceremony that also served as the ...