Women's Living Quarters, Gusen Concentration Camp
5/12/1945
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Original Caption states: Women's living quarters at Camp Gusen, Austria.
The 35 pictures in this series were made May 12th at Gusen Concentration Camp at Muhlhausen, Austria, near Linz, Austria. When it was opened, total killed there and maximum held in it are facts not now known, but even after arrival of men of the Third U.S. Army inmates continued to die at the rate of 100 per day. Inmates told investigators the camp primarily was for political prisioners from all over Europe. Investigators have learned, however, that at one time an unknown number of American fliders were killed there. Men worked in nearby stone quarries until too weak for more, then killed.
The 35 pictures in this series were made May 12th at Gusen Concentration Camp at Muhlhausen, Austria, near Linz, Austria. When it was opened, total killed there and maximum held in it are facts not now known, but even after arrival of men of the Third U.S. Army inmates continued to die at the rate of 100 per day. Inmates told investigators the camp primarily was for political prisioners from all over Europe. Investigators have learned, however, that at one time an unknown number of American fliders were killed there. Men worked in nearby stone quarries until too weak for more, then killed.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
National Archives Identifier: 148727242
Full Citation: 111-SC-206478; Women's Living Quarters, Gusen Concentration Camp; 5/12/1945; Photographs of American Military Activities ca. 1918 – ca. 1981; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/womens-living-quarters-gusen-concentration-camp, October 13, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
