Mauthausen Concentration Camp
Concentration camp Mauthausen in Austria was established by the Nazis in August 1938 as a penal camp for political prisoners, resistance fighters and Jews. It existed until 5 May 1945.
Mauthausen concentration camp was used by the Nazis as a punishment camp for political prisoners, resistance fighters and Jews.[1] They had to work under harsh conditions in a quarry, mining granite. Through sub-camps, prisoners were put to work in other factories. Of the nearly 200,000 prisoners, 95,000 perished. It was liberated by the US army on 5 May 1945.
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- ^ See: Wikipedia: Mauthausen concentration camp.