Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen-Gusen liberated 70 years ago today (May 5 1945)


Video: 'Nazi concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria. HD Stock Footage'

(Saturday, May 5, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, a large group of German concentration camps that were built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the city of Linz, was liberated today by American forces.

The death toll remains unknown, although most sources place it between 122,766 and 320,000 for the entire complex since it became operational in August 1938.


Video: 'Memory of the Camps 1985 PL hardsubs DVBRip' (May 5, 1945, at 47:50)