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07/08/1938 The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins

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Mauthausen Concentration Camp | Austria | Documentary | 2020

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AUSTRIA: SURVIVORS RETURN TO MAUTHAUSEN CAMP

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Mauthausen

Prisoners from Dachau concentration camp near Munich were sent to the town of Mauthausen in Austria, to begin the construction of a new slave labour camp. The site was chosen because of the nearby granite quarry, and its proximity to Linz. In 1939 it was converted to a labour camp which was mainly used for the incarceration of political prisoners.
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