Confessions of an SS Killer deposition.

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Confessions of an SS Killer deposition.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86133519

Consists of a copy in English of a confession made by Franz Ziereis, the last commandant of Mauthausen, after his arrest and shooting by American forces in May 1945. Ziereis describes: the persecution of Jews in Mauthausen; atrocities committed by SS guards; the Nazi practice of euthanasia; the use of human skin to bind books and make satchels; executions; death marches; a camp brothel; and camp inmate markings.

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United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 131st.

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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 ...

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

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