"When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who
have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens
always. It is not an excuse at all". ~Boutros Boutros
have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens
always. It is not an excuse at all". ~Boutros Boutros
It is believed that on November 15, 1939, 1100 people were murdered in the first mass gassing at Owinski Psychiatric Hospital near Pazon. This was the beginning of what the Nazis called, " Operation Euthanasia". After receiving Hitler's approval, it was decided by the Commander, Phillip Bowler, that carbon monoxide would be used regularly to exterminate selected groups with close medical supervision. As a result of this decision, in 1940, tens of thousands of Jews were slaughtered in gas chambers. In the years that followed, millions more would die in gas chambers. The second phase of this " operation" began in 1944, when the order to resume killing prisoners was officially given. In this phase, victims were selected by medical staff instead of doctors. From 1940-1944, tens of thousands were taken from Auschwitz and Mathausen and murdered in "centers" in Hartheim, Brandenberg and Hadamar. The specific number of victims murdered in "Operation Euthanasia" is not known, but it is believed to be somewhere between 71,088 to over 100,000.Operation Reinhard, was the code name given to the Nazi's plan to exterminate all of the Jews in Europe. In 1942, gassing of Jews took place in three camps in Poland. The first was Belzec, where approximately 600,000 Jews were murdered. The next camp at Sobibor, about 100,000 Jews were gassed. The worst slaughter occurred in Treblinka, where over 870,000 people were sent to the gas chambers.