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Gusen was a large subsidiary camp of Mauthausen in Upper Austria. The Gusen camp was established on May 26, 1940, and was administratively independent until 1944 when Mauthausen camp commandant, Haupsturmführer Franz Ziereis, took over full operations. Haupsturmführer Karl Chmielewsky was the Gusen camp commandant in 1941. Haupsturmführer F. Seidler became Gusen commandant in 1942. Gusen camp inmates included Jews, Poles, Sinti/Roma, Spaniards, Russians, Hungarians, Italians, French, and Belgians. A number of medical experiments were performed on inmates in Gusen. Prisoners had to work for the following firms/organizations: SS-Führungsstab B 9, SS-WVHA/ Amt W I/2, Messerschmitt AG, Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, and the SS-Bekleidungslager. Gusen was liberated on May 5, 1945, by the U.S. Army. (en-US)

Fonte

Le Chêne, Evelyn. Mauthausen: The History of the Death Camp. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1971. p. 88, 116, 199, 206, 213-214, 296.

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• Alta Austria (Austria : State)