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During the Nazi Germany era, staff at the institution were mainly in opposition to the National Socialist party's T-4 Euthanasia Program . In 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered the gassing of all mental patients. The director of the hospital, pastor Friedrich Von Bodelschwingh , resisted. : ''"You can put me into a concentration camp if you want, that is your affair. But as long as I am free, you do not touch one of my patients. I cannot change to fit the times or the wishes of the Fuehrer. I stand under orders from our Lord Jesus Christ."'' - Pastor Von Bodelschwingh It is currently still being used as a mental hospital. |
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