Mauthausen: Camp of No Return
In 1938, near Vienna, Hitler ordered the construction of one of the deadliest concentration camps, Mauthausen. Some 200,000 people would be deported there. Over 120,000 would perish. The Nazi regime didn't settle for inflicting violence, hunger, and terror onto the prisoners on a daily basis. It exploited them till their very last breath, by putting them to work on its monstrous war machine.
In 1938, near Vienna, Hitler ordered the construction of one of the deadliest concentration camps, Mauthausen. Some 200,000 people would be deported there. Over 120,000 would perish. The Nazi regime didn't settle for inflicting violence, hunger, and terror onto the prisoners on a daily basis. It exploited them till their very last breath, by putting them to work on its monstrous war machine.
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