Explore photographs showing the Mauthausen camp, personnel, and conditions. An estimated 197,464 prisoners passed through the Mauthausen concentration camp system between August 1938 and May 1945. At least 95,000 people were killed there.
View of the Mauthausen concentration camp. This photograph was taken after the liberation of the camp. Austria, May 5-30, 1945.
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The roll call square in the Mauthausen concentration camp, looking toward the main gate. This photograph was taken after the liberation of the camp. Mauthausen, Austria, between May and September, 1945.
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SS chief Heinrich Himmler leads an inspection of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Austria, April 27, 1941.
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SS Colonel Franz Ziereis, commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
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The Wiener Graben quarry of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Austria, photograph taken after the liberation of the camp.
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Prisoners at forced labor in the quarry of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Austria, date uncertain.
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SS officers posing in front of a newly arrived transport of Soviet prisoners of war. Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria, 1941.
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Survivors, American soldiers, and Red Cross workers at the Mauthausen concentration camp. Mauthausen, Austria, after May 5, 1945.
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Post-liberation view of the Russian Camp (Hospital Camp), a section of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Mauthausen, Austria, May 1945.
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A 13-year-old orphan, a survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Photograph taking following liberation of the camp. Austria, May 1945.
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Emaciated survivors of the Mauthausen concentration camp soon after the liberation of the camp. Austria, May 1945.
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Soviet and Polish prisoners with disabilities stand in front of a tank of the 11th Armored Division, US Third Army. This photograph was taken at the Mauthausen concentration camp immediately after liberation. Austria, May 5–7, 1945.
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A mass grave at the Mauthausen concentration camp. Photograph taken after the liberation of the camp. Mauthausen, Austria, May 10–15, 1945.
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A pile of corpses at the Russian Camp (Hospital Camp) section of the Mauthausen concentration camp after liberation. Mauthausen, Austria, May 5-15, 1945.
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A US soldier looks at the Mauthausen crematorium during the liberation of the camp. Austria, May 1945.
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A US soldier with liberated prisoners of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Austria, May 1945.
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