CAMP MAUTHAUSEN UPPER AUSTRIA

MAUTHAUSEN

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  THE GREY SINISTER LOOKING BUILDINGS APPEAR IN THE HORIZON, AS I HIKE UP THE TRAILTO THE ONCE INFAMOUS PLACE OF HORROR.
  A CLIMB OF ABOUT 20 MINUTES TILL I CAN CLEARLY MAKE OUT THE DARK GREY GRANITE WALLS, CUT FROM THE QUARRY BELOW THE NOTORIOUS CAMP.
  ONE CAN SENSE THE TRAGEDIES THAT WENT ON HERE EIGHT DECADES AGO. TO COME SOON : A TRAGEDY OF UNIMAGINABLE DIMENSION IN PICTURES ..
  
  

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  THE MAUTHAUSEN CAMP PUTS EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE SHADOW
  

  September 9th, 2022 MAUTHAUSEN UPPER AUSTRIA

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    THE FIRST THING ONE NOTICES ARE THE LARGE WATCHTOWERS OVERLOOKING THE WHOLE AREA.
    THERE IS MORE TO COME. ONCE YOU ENTER THROUGH THE HUGE GATE, WHICH IS STILL INTACT (WITH THE NOTORIOUS METAL LETTERS ARBEIT MACHT FREI NOW REMOVED).
    THE LARGE TRANSPORT YARD WITH GARAGES FOR TRUCKS ARE VISIBLE, THERE MUST BE THIRTY OR MORE OF THEM. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH IMAGINATION TO FIGURE WHAT THE TRUCKS WERE USED FOR, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WERE CONVERTED WITH EXHAUST PIPES LEADING TO THE INTERIOR.