Mauthausen Main Camp

Philatelic Materials

 

Folded Letters

    Below are thumbnails of a folded letter to Posen postmarked October 27, 1944. The folded letter is identified in Lordahl as Type F6A with a Type C1b censor mark. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Folded Letters" in the left frame to return.

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Postcard

     Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a Lordahl type P1 postcard from an inmate, Max Povolny (#384), to Vienna.  The card was written on February 2, 1939 and postmarked February 15, 1939.  The card also bears a Lordahl type C1a censor cachet.  Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcard" in the left frame to return.

 

Official German Documents

    Below are thumbnails of two official documents from the camp administration. The first is a notice to a wife from the Commandant of the Camp that her husband had died in a local "hospital". He was most likely gassed.  The second is a request from the authorities at Mauthausen addressed to the Gestapo at Litzmannstadt indicating that a prisoner named Konstantin Suslow had died and that his son who had been shipped to Auschwitz on 8.4.43 should be notified.  Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Official German Documents" in the left frame to return.

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Post War Affidavits

    Affidavit 1

        Below are thumbnails of an original copy of a statement given to American authorities by Wolfgang Sanner, the manager of the office responsible for the drafting of forced labor from the concentration camps. His statement, dated July 6, 1945, deals with the organization and drafting of forced labor for the Mauthausen camp.  Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Affidavit 1" in the left frame to return.

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    Affidavit 2

        Below are thumbnails of an original copy of statement (German and English) given, on July 2, 1945, to American authorities by Johann Augl, a company commander at Mauthausen, regarding the shooting of prisoners who had escaped on February 2, 1945.  Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Affidavit 2" in the left frame to return.

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      Affidavit 3

         Below are thumbnails of an original copy of statement (German and English) given, on July 24, 1945, to American authorities by Jaroslaw Pospischil, the chief plumber at Mauthausen, regarding the beating to death of a prisoner who had escaped on February 2, 1945.  Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Affidavit 3" in the left frame to return.

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    Affidavit 4

        Below are thumbnails of an original copy of statement in German given to American authorities by Karl Wittig, a subcommander at Mauthausen, after the liberation of the camp. He was ultimately hanged at the camp.  Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Affidavit 4" in the left frame to return.

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    Affidavit 5

        Below are thumbnails of an original copy of a statement dated July 5, 1945, given by Karl Helfrich, an inmate who worked in the office at Mauthausen. He ultimately testified at the Nuremberg Trials. This item also includes an English translation.  Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Affidavit 5" in the left frame to return.

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        Affidavit 6

            Below are thumbnails of an original copy of a statement dated July 10, 1945, given by Franz Unek, a chief capo at Mauthausen. He was hanged at Mauthausen. This item also includes an English translation.  Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Affidavit 6" in the left frame to return.

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References

Erik Lordahl, German Concentration Camps 1933-1945, History and Inmate Mail (2000).  Referred to as Lordahl.

Copyright © 2002 Edward Victor