Abuse in the Salzburg deaf and mute institution: the state compensates the first victims

2023-06-07 02:01:00

In the former institution for the deaf and dumb in the city of Salzburg – today the Josef Rehrl School – violence and abuse are said to have taken place for decades. The country has already paid out compensation for the first victims.

The children were beaten, grabbed by the hair and beaten with a stick. They should not have been allowed to go to the toilet at night and not been given anything to drink for hours. There was a compulsion to eat. If they vomited, they would be forced to eat the vomit off the floor. The descriptions of those affected at the former state dust-mute institute in Lehen – today the Josef Rehrl School – are oppressive. They refer to the period between 1950 and the late 1980s.

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