Confession and letter of Mauthausen commander testimony letter poem.

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Confession and letter of Mauthausen commander testimony letter poem.

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Includes a copy in English of a confession made by Franz Ziereis, the commandant of Mauthausen concentration camp (identified in the documents as "Franz") after his arrest by American forces in May 1945. In the confession, the commandant describes conditions in Mauthausen and other camps as well as the various methods of torture and execution practiced by the Nazis. Ziereis also gives detailed information relating to the activities of his fellow commanders and physicians employed in the camps. Also included are two poems in German concerning suffering in the camps and a letter from Ziereis to his wife.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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United States Army Evacuation Hospital, 131st

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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

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Ekermann, A.

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Ziereis, Franz.

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During World War II, Sidney D. Gell was a member of the U.S. Army's 131st Evacuation Hospital, where Ziereis was taken after he was shot. Gell was part of the team which translated Ziereis' confession into English. Gell currently lives in California. From the description of Confessions of an SS Killer deposition. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 86133519 ...

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