The Mauthausen concentration camp was one of the most brutal and lethal camps operated by Nazi Germany during World War II. Established in 1938 following the Anschluss of Austria, Mauthausen and its vast network of subcamps, including Gusen, became symbols of systematic terror, forced labor, medical experimentation, and mass murder under the Third Reich.
Located near Linz, Mauthausen was classified as a “Category III” camp, reserved for prisoners considered the most dangerous enemies of the Nazi regime. Inmates were subjected to extreme violence, starvation, and relentless forced labor in the nearby granite quarries. One of the camp’s most infamous features was the “Stairs of Death,” where prisoners were forced to carry massive stone blocks up 186 steps, often collapsing, falling, or being pushed to their deaths by SS guards.
This documentary explores the experiences of Mauthausen prisoners from across Europe, including Jews, Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, political dissidents, and thousands of Spanish Republicans who were deported after the Spanish Civil War. Survivor testimonies and historical records reveal the daily reality of beatings, executions, hangings, gas chambers, and pseudoscientific medical experiments conducted by Nazi doctors such as Eduard Krebsbach and Aribert Heim. Special attention is given to the photographic evidence preserved by Spanish prisoner Francisco Boix, whose hidden photographs later exposed SS crimes and the presence of high-ranking Nazi officials at the camp. The film also examines resistance within Mauthausen, the role of kapos, and the command of camp commandant Franz Ziereis. As Allied forces approached in 1945, conditions worsened dramatically, culminating in mass deaths and the final atrocities before liberation. After Mauthausen was liberated by the US Army in May 1945, surviving prisoners exacted violent revenge on some of their former tormentors. Through archival materials, survivor stories, and historical analysis, this documentary sheds light on one of the darkest chapters of the Holocaust and preserves the memory of the tens of thousands who perished in Mauthausen.
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