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In September 2017 I visited the Mauthausen Memorial (former Mauthausen Concentration Camp) near Linz, Austria. I’ve mixed my video footage with the official ...
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- Maxim Chornyi
ATTENTION: Images and information can affect you emotionally!This documentary touches a sensitive subject.We tried to approach this subject as professionally...
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- Alexandru Sava
Nov 2, 2022 · On 8 August 1938, five months after the annexation of Austria to the German Reich, the first inmates arrived at Mauthausen from Dachau concentration camp.
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- Wanderer Bell
Mauthausen was a German Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen (roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Linz), Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with nearly 100 further subcamps located throughout Austria and southern Germany. [2][3] The three Gusen concentration camps in and around the village of St ...
- History of Mauthausen Concentration Camp
- Mauthausen Concentration Camp Today
- Getting to The Mauthausen Memorial
First established in 1938, Mauthausen Concentration Camp was built through the slave labour of prisoners from another such camp, Dachau. Initially Mauthausen was a prison camp, but it became a labour camp in 1939 to deal with the influx of political prisoners. Over time, it grew to encompass a number of sub-camps, such as Gusen Concentration Camp. ...
Today, Mauthausen Concentration Camp is open to the public, who can see the original camp and the terrible conditions to which prisoners were subjected: the former Sick Quarters are perhaps the bleakest and most moving area of the camp – think twice about letting children or young teenagers in here. There is also a visitor centre and many memorials...
The town of Linz is about a 25 minute drive from the memorial: there’s parking on site. If you’re coming using public transport, it’s easiest to get bus 360 from Linz to the Mauthausen OÖ Linzer Strasse/Hauptschule stop – the journey takes just under an hour. From there, it’s another 1.5km walk uphill to the memorial itself. You can also get the tr...
- Sarah Roller
Access to the memorial site is free of charge and possible without registration. You will find an overview of tours and educational offers including rates below. All programmes are free for former Mauthausen concentration camp prisoners and their families - Please register in advance.
The Mauthausen Concentration Camp 1938–1945. Prisoners during roll-call, between 1942 and 1944 (photo credits: Mauthausen Memorial, Collection Antonio García, S 4665) On 12 March 1938 the ‘Anschluss’ (‘Annexation’) of austrofascist Austria to the German Reich took place.
