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the mauthausen CONCENTRATION CAMP COMPLEX World War II and Postwar Records R E F E R E N C E I N F O R M A T I O N P A P E R 1 1 5 The Mauthausen Concentration Camp Complex: World War II and Postwar Records R E F E R E N C E I N F O R M A T I O N P A P E R 1 1 5 National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 2008 Compiled by Amy Schmidt and Gudrun Loehrer United States. National Archives and Records Administration. The Mauthausen Concentration Camp Complex : World War II and postwar records / compiled by Amy Schmidt and Gudrun Loehrer.— Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 2008. p. ; cm.— (Reference information paper ; 115) Includes index. 1. Mauthausen (Concentration camp)—History— Sources— Bibliography—Catalogs. 2. United States. National Archives and Records Administration—Catalogs. 3. World War, 1939—1945—Concentration camps—Austria— Mauthausen— History—Sources—Bibliography—Catalogs. I. Schmidt, Amy. II. Loehrer, Gudrun. III. United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Front cover: (Top, from left) Heinrich Himmler, at left, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner (behind him) visit the Mauthausen camp, 1941. (USA Exhibit 904, RG 238) A topsecret German teletype circular provides instructions for transport of escaped and recaptured Allied POWs to Mauthausen for execution. (USA Exhibit 246, RG 238) A group of captured Yugoslav partisans after processing by Mauthausen’s Political Department, circa 1943. (Mauthausen Trial, Prosecution Exhibit 153, Box 345, RG 549) (Bottom) Mauthausen inmates welcome the U.S. Army’s 41st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Armored Division, on May 5, 1945. Camp Gusen was liberated the same day, making these sites the last of the large German concentration camps to be liberated by advancing Allied forces. (111SC206395) c o n t e n t s Preface vii PART I: INTRODUCTION Background 1 About the Records 5 War Crimes Proceedings 6 Mauthausen War Crimes Records 7 Nontextual Records 8 Purposes of This Guide 9 How to Use This Guide 9 Acknowledgments 10 PART II: ORIGINAL MAUTHAUSEN RECORDS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Original Mauthausen Records 11 Camp Registers 11 RG 238, National Archives Collection 11 of World War II War Crimes Records RG 549, Records of United States Army, Europe 14 Francois Boix Photographic Collection 14 RG 153, Records of the Office of the Judge 15 Advocate General (Army) iii RG 226, Records of the Office of Strategic Services 16 RG 238, National Archives Collection of 16 World War II War Crimes Records RG 549, Records of United States Army, Europe 17 Investigative Records of the Dawes Mission 18 RG 153, Records of the Office of the Judge 19 Advocate General (Army) RG 226, Records of the Office of Strategic Services 22 PART III: TEXTUAL RECORDS RELATING TO THE MAUTHAUSEN COMPLEX RG 59, General Records of the Department of State 26 RG 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the 28 Department of State RG 112, Records of the Office of the Surgeon 29 General (Army) RG 153, Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate 30 General (Army) RG 165, Records of the War Department General and 41 Special Staffs RG 220, Records of Temporary Committees, 43 Commissions, and Boards RG 226, Records of the Office of Strategic Services 43 RG 238, National Archives Collection of World War II 52 War Crimes Records RG 242, National Archives Collection of Foreign 69 Records Seized RG 243, Records of the United States Strategic 75 Bombing Survey iv RG 260, Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, 76 World War II RG 331, Records of Allied Operational and Occupational 78 Headquarters, World War II RG 341, Records of the Headquarters United States 82 Air Force RG 407, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1917– 84 RG 492, Records of Mediterranean Theater of 89 Operations, United States Army (MTOUSA) RG 549, Records of United States Army, Europe 90 PART IV: STILL PICTURES RG 111, Records of the Office of the Chief 289 Signal Officer RG 208, Records of the Office of War Information 293 PART V: MOTION PICTURES RG 111, Records of the Office of the Chief 295 Signal Officer RG 238, National Archives Collection of 298 World War II War Crimes Records PART VI: CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS/ AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY RG 373, Records of the Defense Intelligence Agency 299 PART VII: MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS 302 v Appendix A: List of Mauthausen Defendants by Case 317 Appendix B: Catalogue of Mauthausen Records Held by 327 the International Tracing Service Appendix C: Repositories of Records Relating to the 339 Mauthausen Complex Index 349 vi p r e fac e This reference information paper describes records relating to the Nazi operated Mauthausen Concentration Camp Complex. These records of both U.S. civil and military agencies include documentation developed through wartime intelligence and reconnaissance, captured during the camps’ liber ation, and generated through postwar military investigations and tribunals. They include textual, photographic, motion picture, and cartographic records, spanning the period 1938–ca. 1960, in the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. National Archives reference information papers are part of a comprehen sive descriptive program designed to help researchers find their way through the voluminous records in our holdings. Topics addressed in other recent volumes include four titles in the series Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II: “The American Soldier Surveys” (RIP 78), American Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees (RIP 80), American Military Casualties and Burials (RIP 82), and Military Awards and Decorations (RIP 92); World War II Records in the Cartographic and Architectural Branch of the National Archives (RIP 79); and Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and MissinginAction Personnel from the Korean War and During the Cold War Era (RIP 102). The National Archives has produced numerous microfilm publications of records pertaining to Nazi war crimes and war crimes trials, several of which are described in this volume. Other Holocaustrelated publications include The Holocaust, Israel, and the Jews: Motion Pictures in the National Archives (1989) and HolocaustEra Assets: A Finding Aid to Records of the National Archives at College Park, Maryland (1999). Additional materials relating to concentration vii camps in the European Theater of Operations are widely scattered through out the National Archives microfilm collection of World War II captured German records. These are described in Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, VA, Nos. 1–98, and in the volume Captured German and Related Records: A National Archives Conference (1974). As the nation’s record keeper, NARA safeguards records of all three branches of the Federal Government. NARA meets an almost unlimited range of information needs, ensuring access to records on which both the credibility of government and the accuracy of history depend. We welcome any comments you may have on the information products and services NARA provides. Use the “contact us” link on www.archives.gov. Allen Weinstein Archivist of the United States viii
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