Regina TUREK was born in Salzburg on September 8, 1940. She was a legitimate Catholic child who had been in the City Children’s Home in Mülln [formerly operated by the Merciful Sisters/Barmherzige Schwestern] since February 7, 1942. On March 13, 1942 the Salzburg Health Office had her shipped off to the euthanasia center at the Vienna »Medical and Nursing Home Am Spiegelgrund« (Pavillon 15).
Two days later she was examined by Dr. Heinrich Gross and she was murdered there on March 26, 1942 – the official cause of death was recorded as »acute intestinal infection«
(see Waltraud Häupl, Die ermordeten Kinder vom Spiegelgrund. Gedenkdokumentation für die Opfer der NS-Kindereuthanasie in Wien, Vienna, 2006, p. 572)
Waltraud Häupl
Translation: Stan Nadel
Stumbling Stone
Laid 06.07.2011 at Salzburg, Bärengässchen 6
Photo: Gert Kerschbaumer