Ziereis Franz

Ziereis, Franz 1905-1967

Identifier: 000434
Type of Entity: Person

Dates of Existence

13/08/1905

25/05/1945

History

Commander of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Places

Munich, Germany
Gusen, Austria

Sources

Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich / E. Klee. - Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer, 2003. - p. 695

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Becher, Kurt
- Institut für Zeitgeschichte–Archiv
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Schreiben Wiebeck an Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 18. Juli 1955 mit anliegendem Schreiben Wiebeck an Scharett, 18. Juli 1955; Vernehmung Becher durch Pins, 22. April 1947: persönlicher Werdegang, SS, NSDAP, Veesenmayer, Ungarn, Manfred-Weiss-Aktion; Vernehmung Becher durch Ponger, 07. Juli 1947; Eidesstattliche Erklärung Becher, 31. Juli 1947 betreffend persönlicher Werdegang, Himmler, Judenfrage; Vernehmung Becher durch Beauvais, 29. August 1947 betreffend Grell und Judenfrage; Vernehmung Becher durch Tancos, 01. November 1947 betreffend Eichmann, Berger, Zahlung von Geldern von Juden an E...
Beck, Johann Georg
- Institut für Zeitgeschichte–Archiv
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Outline for Interrogation for Johann Beck, 18. September 1946; Vernehmung Beck durch Ortmann, 18. November 1946 betreffend persönlicher Werdegang, SS-Standarte Nürnberg und weitere Funktionen bei der SS, Konzentrationslager Gusen, Interna SS-Hauptamt; Vernehmung Beck durch Ortmann, 16. Mai 1947 betreffend Stellung als stellvertretender Schutzhaftlagerführer in Gusen, Wirtschaftsbetriebe in Gusen.
Concentration camps
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Confession and letter of Mauthausen commander
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503422
- English
- 1945
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Includes a copy in English of a confession made by Franz Ziereis, the commandant of Mauthausen concentration camp (identified in the documents as "Franz"), after his arrest by American forces in May 1945. In the confession, the commandant describes conditions in Mauthausen and other camps as well as the various methods of torture and execution practiced by the Nazis. Ziereis also gives detailed information relating to the activities of his fellow commanders and physicians employed in the camps. Also included are two poems in German concerning suffering in the camps and a letter from Ziereis...
Gusen liberation photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn81114
- English
- 1945
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of 12 photographs taken after the liberation of the Gusen concentration camp. The photographs depict the burial of corpses in mass graves, the burning of barracks, a soldier standing in front of the sign for the Gusen cemetery, and the painted corpse of former commandant Franz Ziereis impaled on a barbed wire fence.
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Lagerkommandantur
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Mauthausen concentration camp
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Oral history interview with Richard Seibel
1. Liberation 1945 oral history collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn511064
- English
- 1 videocassette (D2), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Testimonies concerning the liberation of Mauthausen
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503709
- English
- 1945-1984
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of copies of various testimonies by liberators, a Holocaust survivor, and a Holocaust perpetrator concerning the Mauthausen concentration camp. Also included is a copy of the confession of Franz Ziereis, a former commander of Mauthausen, and copies of photographs of various scenes in the camp after liberation.
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