Austria probes gruesome fate of Nazi-era disabled
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 08:30
in Psychology & Sociology
(AP)—Forensic crews scraping away dirt from the remains of the Nazi-era psychiatric patients were puzzled: The skeletal fingers were entwined in rosary beads. Why, the experts wondered, would the Nazis—who considered these people less than human—respect them enough to let them take their religious symbols to their graves?