Memorial Plaque for "Euthanasie" Victims in LKH Rankweil

With the "Führererlass" of October 1939, the so-called "Aktion T4" and the program of the "Vernichtung unwerten Lebens" of the National Socialists were put into effect. This decree also had devastating consequences for the patients of the Gauanstalt "Valduna", the present-day LKH Rankweil. In several transports, a total of 263 women and men were deported to the "Euthanasie" killing centers Hartheim and Niedernhart and murdered there. An additional 228 patients were transferred to Hall in Tirol and from there were largely further deported. Since 1998, the Vorarlberger Landesregierung has remembered the NS "Euthanasie" victims with a memorial plaque in the entrance area of the present-day LKH Rankweil.