80 years ago, war cost the lives of more than 3,000 patients at the Clermont psychiatric hospital

2024-04-04T04:28:52.402Z

Highlights: 80 years ago, war cost the lives of more than 3,000 patients at the Clermont psychiatric hospital. A ceremony will pay tribute to the 3,063 patients of the psychiatric hospital who died between 1940 and 1944. The artist Séraphine Louis was one of the patients who lost their vision. The victims of the Second World War and the Occupation were brought out of oblivion. More than 3,.000 people were buried in the common grave, other bodies may have been returned to families.

Between 1940 and 1944, 3,063 patients at the Clermont interdepartmental hospital center (CHI), including the artist Séraphine Louis, lost their vision.