Mauthausen Concentration Camp
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Locations | Mauthausen |
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St Georgen | |
Gusen | |
Upper Austria | |
Liberated by | US Army |
Killed | between 122,766 and 320,000 (estimated) |
Number of inmates | Soviet |
Polish | |
Commandant | Franz Ziereis |
Did you know | Mauthausen's first commandant was SS Captain Albert Sauer, who presided over the establishment of the camp on August 1, 1938 and remained commandant until February 17, 1939. |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1135859 |
About Mauthausen Concentration Camp
The Mauthausen–Gusen concentration camp complex consisted of the Mauthausen concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen plus a group of nearly 100 further subcamps located throughout Austria and southern Germany.