Ernst Illing (April 6, 1904 - November 30, 1946) was medical director of the Vienna Psychiatric-Neurological Clinic for Children Am Spiegelgrund clinic, where hundreds of children were murdered during World War II. After joining the

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in 1933, Illing, who was born in

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, held various positions, including senior physician for the Luftwaffe, before becoming director of the Spiegelgrund clinic in 1942. In 1946, he was found guilty of torture and abuse resulting in death for murdering over 250 children, sentenced to death, and ordered to forfeit all of his assets. Illing was hanged later that year.

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