Thanks for the information. I do think it is a shame that the whole story of the colony is not known to most people. When I saw the film I was almost ashamed to admit I was from Lynchburg. I know people who still work there, and frankly, I don't think the treatment and concern for the clients there has changed much over the years. > > From: "Lucado, Mary" <[email protected]> > Date: 2006/10/19 Thu AM 11:54:33 EDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] Virginia State Epileptic Colony > > There is a video called "The Lynchburg Story" that may be the program > you're talking about. The blurb from the cover is: > > > > This film charts the history of the American eugenics program under > which 80,000 inmates in state institutions have been compulsorily > sterilized. In Virginia between 1905 and 1972, several thousand children > deemed by the state as unfit to reproduce were taken from their families > and forced to live in the Lynchburg Colony. Victims recall their > experiences of beatings, solitary confinement and other abuses. > > > > The film was made in 1993 and can be checked out from the Virginia Tech > library in Blacksburg, VA or probably requested through Interlibrary > Loan from a number of other schools. Thanks, Mary > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] Virginia State Epileptic Colony > > > > I read the site about Virginia Training School. But in none of the > things said about it, was it mentioned that the early days of Virginia > Trainig School's sterilization program was the pattern by which Adolph > Hitler copied for his making of the "Master Race". There was a film > made about this and shown on TV a number of years ago. I was born and > grew up in Lynchburg, and was very surprised to hear that Hitler was > invited to visit, did so, and adopted the plan for his own use. Does > anyone know all the facts and truth about this situation who could > enlighten us about what occurred? Tina > > > > > > From: Amanda Hulse <[email protected]> > > > Date: 2006/10/18 Wed AM 09:13:19 EDT > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] Virginia State Epileptic Colony > > > > > > Here is a link explaining the history of this facilty - > http://www.cvtc.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/feedback.htm > > > > > > Also if you run a yahoo search for "central virginia training > center"+"Mein Kampf" you might find the resulting message board/article > contains a posting by "Guru". This should explain more. > > > > > > I do not have specific expertise on this subject - just knew exactly > where to find the info. So please direct any specific questions to > these sources. Thanks! > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > > Classification: Query > > > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BAC.2ACE/1420 > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > I found a Great-Uncle in the 1930 Census for Amherst County, in the > Va. State Epileptic Colony as an inmate. My family never knew what > happned to him, they knew he was in that part of the state, but that was > all. He was from Russell Co. Va., and all of the family that knew him > personally is gone now. I do have a picture of him. Does anyone know how > I could find any information as as to the residents of this institution? > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >