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=Mauthausen camp=

On August 8, 1938, the Mauthausen camp was established and opened. It was located 20 kilometers from Linz, Austria. As forced labor, the prisoners carried stone slabs that weighed hundreds of pounds, and chopped granite in order to rebuild and remodel the camp. People of many races, religions, and ethnicities were taken to this camp. If they refused to carry out the forced labor, or were too sick or weak to do the tasks they were ordered to do, they were killed on the spot. There were many different ways of killing these prisoners. They were gased, starved, slaughtered, injected, and experimented on. In all, there were about 150,000 people killed at Mauthausen. This camp was considered a "category three" camp, which was the fiercest and most brutal category. Mauthausen was also considered the "mother camp" of Austria. This camp also consisted of 49 permanent sub-camps, and approximately 10 camps that lasted for some weeks. The main camp at Mauthausen consisted of 32 barracks surrounded by electrified barbed wire, high stone walls, and watch towers. Also, fields to the north and west of the camp were ringed with wire to prevent prisoners from escaping. Finally, on May 5, 1945, the Mauthausen concentration camp was liberated.



1.) Who gave the order to transport a couple hundred prisoners from the Dachau camp to the town of Mauthausen? The answer is at the following site: []

2.) How many prisoners passed through the Mauthausen camp system between August 1938 and May 1945? The answer is at the following site: []

3.) When the prisoners were brought to Mauthausen, what was the name of the rock quarry they were brought to? The answer is at the following site: []