1981 International Liberators Conference collection : Gunskirchen
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Scope and Content
Contains testimonies and letters relating to the liberation of Gunskirchen concentration camp, a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. The testimonies included information about Hungarian Jews from the Gunskirchen camp, the use of starvation as a method of torture and killing, and activities of the 71st US Infantry Division in the area of Wels, Austria.
Corporate Bodies
- Gunskirchen (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 71st
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 14th
Subjects
- Jews, Hungarian--Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Austria.
- Starvation.
- Wels (Austria)
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
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