Der Tatort Mauthausen

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Mauthausen, Gusen, and their associated subcamps were sites of mass death and murder, with at least 90,000 people perishing between 1938 and 1945 due to extreme labor, malnutrition, and violence. The SS systematically executed thousands of prisoners, with some killings being spontaneous while others were centrally planned and executed across the Reich. To obscure these murders, the SS falsified death causes in camp administration documents and installed crematoria for disposing of bodies. Prior to liberation, the SS destroyed much of the written evidence, dismantled killing facilities, and murdered witnesses to the atrocities. Current understanding of these crimes stems from extensive investigations, as many former crime scenes have been transformed. Some have become significant memorial sites honoring the victims. This catalogue fully documents the exhibition "The Crime Scenes of Mauthausen - Searching for Traces," which opened in May 2013 at the Mauthausen Memorial.