An album of photographs from the Mauthausen concentration camp

An album of photographs from the Mauthausen concentration camp

An album containing 47 [printed] photographs from the Mauthausen concentration camp [Konzentrationslager Mauthausen], some were taken by Nazi sources during the years of operation of the camp, some were taken by American forces in the month in which the camp was released in May 1945. E. VALLEY Publishing, Paris.

Among the photographs: prisoners during forced labor for laying railways, the quarry on the mountain where the prisoners worked, Heinrich Himmler visiting the camp, masses of people arriving at the camp, daily order, bodies of prisoners whose killed during forced labor, Mozlemans without clothing in daily order, the crematorium, The gas chambers, prison facilities, the experimental table, a photograph of Franz Zirais - the camp commander during all years of activity. Also included photographs from the camp's liberation period by US forces: US soldiers entering the camp alongside crowds of cheering prisoners, the survivors, dead bodies killed by Nazis as the US troops approached, breaking the Nazi eagle monument, and more.

The Mauthausen concentration camp [Konzentrationslager Mauthausen] in Upper Austria was used mainly for forced labor. It was established in 1938 near the town of Mauthausen, and at its beginning mainly imprisoned opponents of Nazism. Beginning in 1941, the trend changed and the Nazis began to imprison many Jews, mainly from the Czech and Dutch communities. 38,000 Jews were murdered in the camp, most of whom died from forced labor. The camp was liberated in  and was one of the last to be liberated by the United States Army. Inmates from the camp liquidated about 30 remaining SS men; Lynch in a similar number of SS men was made in Gusen II.

Album in format: 17x11 cm. Introduction with important data about the camp in five languages: English, Italian, French, German and Russian. Very good condition.