Sonnenstein killing center
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The Sonnenstein killing center was a Nazi euthanasia and extermination facility in Pirna, Germany, where thousands of disabled and later concentration camp prisoners were murdered as part of the T4 and Aktion 14f13 programs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sonnenstein killing center canonical | 2 |
| Pirna-Sonnenstein euthanasia center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8633668 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonnenstein killing center Context triple: [Aktion 14f13, usedFacility, Sonnenstein killing center]
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A.
Hartheim killing center
The Hartheim killing center was a Nazi euthanasia and extermination facility in Austria where thousands of disabled people and later concentration camp prisoners were murdered in gas chambers during World War II.
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B.
Mauthausen concentration camp
Mauthausen concentration camp was a notorious Nazi concentration and forced-labor camp in Austria, infamous for its brutal conditions, high mortality rate, and role in the Holocaust.
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C.
AuschwitzBirkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest and most infamous Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, where over a million Jews and other victims were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
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D.
Belzec
Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
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E.
Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp
Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp was a Nazi forced labor camp in Germany where prisoners were brutally exploited to build V-2 rockets in underground tunnels during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonnenstein killing center Target entity description: The Sonnenstein killing center was a Nazi euthanasia and extermination facility in Pirna, Germany, where thousands of disabled and later concentration camp prisoners were murdered as part of the T4 and Aktion 14f13 programs.
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A.
Hartheim killing center
The Hartheim killing center was a Nazi euthanasia and extermination facility in Austria where thousands of disabled people and later concentration camp prisoners were murdered in gas chambers during World War II.
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B.
Mauthausen concentration camp
Mauthausen concentration camp was a notorious Nazi concentration and forced-labor camp in Austria, infamous for its brutal conditions, high mortality rate, and role in the Holocaust.
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C.
AuschwitzBirkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest and most infamous Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, where over a million Jews and other victims were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
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D.
Belzec
Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
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E.
Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp
Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp was a Nazi forced labor camp in Germany where prisoners were brutally exploited to build V-2 rockets in underground tunnels during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Nazi extermination facility ⓘ |
| camouflageTerm | euthanasia ⓘ |
| commemorates |
victims of Aktion 14f13
ⓘ
victims of Nazi euthanasia ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| endDate | 1942 ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
administration offices
ⓘ
crematorium ⓘ gas chamber disguised as shower room ⓘ medical examination rooms ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Germany
ⓘ
Pirna ⓘ Saxony ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | Sonnenstein Castle ⓘ |
| memorialStatus |
documentation center
ⓘ
site of memorial ⓘ |
| methodOfBodyDisposal | cremation ⓘ |
| methodOfKilling |
carbon monoxide poisoning
ⓘ
gas chamber ⓘ |
| notablePerpetrator |
Christian Wirth
ⓘ
Horst Schumann ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Nazi regime
ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi Germany
Reich Ministry of the Interior ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany
T4 central office ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aktion 14f13
ⓘ
Aktion T4 ⓘ
linked to:
Aktion T4 euthanasia program
|
| perpetratorGroup |
SS personnel
ⓘ
linked to:
SS officers
T4 administrative staff ⓘ T4 doctors ⓘ T4 nurses ⓘ |
| precededBy | Grafeneck killing center ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bernburg killing center
ⓘ
Brandenburg killing center ⓘ Hadamar killing center ⓘ Hartheim killing center ⓘ |
| startDate | 1940 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
euthanasia killings
ⓘ
gassing victims with carbon monoxide ⓘ mass murder of concentration camp prisoners ⓘ mass murder of disabled people ⓘ |
| victimCount |
more than 13000 disabled people
ⓘ
thousands of concentration camp prisoners ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Jews
ⓘ
concentration camp inmates unfit for work ⓘ mentally ill people ⓘ physically disabled people ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ psychiatric patients ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sonnenstein killing center Description of subject: The Sonnenstein killing center was a Nazi euthanasia and extermination facility in Pirna, Germany, where thousands of disabled and later concentration camp prisoners were murdered as part of the T4 and Aktion 14f13 programs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sonnenstein killing center