Concentration Camp Memorial

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In the region around Melk Memorial and the museum ERLAUF REMEMBERS there are a few visible, but also lesser known and sometimes nearly forgotten places of ...

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The fatalities of the satellite concentration camp of Melk

Within a year 4.874 prisoners lost their lives in the satellite concentration camp of Melk.

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The fatalities of the satellite concentration camp of Melk

Evacuation of the camp

Until the end the SS tried by all available means to prevent the liberation of surviving concentration camp prisoners by the Allied forces.

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Background

Along with the “Anschluss” in March 1938 the German Reich started also in Austria to quickly adapt and expand the industry for armament purposes.

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Forced labor

Transports of prisoners from Mauthausen concentration camp to Melk were organized according to the needs of the building companies who constructed the tunnel ...

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Establishment of the camp

As producer of extremely important war material the Steyr-Daimler-Puch company was a high priority target for the Allies.

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Follow up II – memorial and tunnels

Upon their arrival in Melk the Red Army found the former satellite concentration camp deserted and used the grounds for a short time as a Soviet military base.

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Follow up I – legal punishment

Already in the first days after the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp the US authorities began investigating potential Nazi criminals and imprisoned ...

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