Anna Lehnkering, * 1915 – † 1940

Anna lehnkering was a sweet, mild-mannered child who found learning difficult. As someone with a »hereditary disease«, she was sterilised in 1935 and admitted to Bedburg-Hau hospital in 1936. Here, she was regarded as difficult and »incapable of work«. In 1940, she was asphyxiated by gas in the Grafeneck killing centre.

Anna Lehnkering as a child, about 1918
Anna Lehnkering as a child, about 1918 © Sigrid Falkenstein
Anna Lehnkering, about 1935
Anna Lehnkering, about 1935 © Sigrid Falkenstein
Anna Lehnkering (l.) with a friend, about 1932
Anna Lehnkering (l.) with a friend, about 1932 © Sigrid Falkenstein
Anna Lehkering (l.) with girls who were cared by by a protestant protectory in Sterkrade
Anna Lehkering (l.) with girls who were cared by by a protestant protectory in Sterkrade © Sigrid Falkenstein
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