E319: Friedrich Zawrel (part I)

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True Crime, History

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Friedrich Zawrel grew up in Vienna during the Third Reich. As a child, he was labeled “difficult” and “unmanageable” by the authorities. That was enough to place him inside the Nazi welfare and psychiatric system...a system that decided which children were worth keeping alive. In this episode, we look at Friedrich’s early life and how he ended up at Spiegelgrund, the children’s ward in Vienna where hundreds of young patients were imprisoned, abused, and murdered as part of the Nazi “child euthanasia program". Friedrich was one of the few who survived. This is his story! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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