Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-45534-0005, Kz Mauthausen, Besuch Heinrich Himmler, Franz Ziereis

Description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Kz Mauthausen, Besuch Heinrich Himmler, Franz Ziereis Zentralbild, 1.3.1957 Mauthausen ... Heinrich Himmler visiting Mauthausen which was opened on August 8, 1938, a few months after the Anschluss of Austria and Germany on March 12, 1938, which marked the beginning of Adolf Hitler's drive through Europe. The site for the camp was chosen by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS , and the man who had authority over all the camps. The location was in farm country, but near the Wienergraben, a municipal quarry which supplied the city of Wien (Vienna) with granite stones. The quarry was near the city of Linz - April 1941. See also USHMM record. Abgebildete Personen: Himmler, Heinrich: Reichsführer der SS, Deutschland (GND 11855123X) Kaltenbrunner, Ernst Dr. jur.: SS, später (1943) Chef des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes, Deutschland Eigruber, August: Gauleiter in Oberdonau/Ostmark, Österreich (GND 127548963) Ziereis, Franz: SS-Sturmbannführer, Lagerkommandant des KZ Mauthausen, Deutschland Bachmayer, Georg: SS-Hauptsturmführer, Kommandant im KZ Mauthausen, Deutschland
Title: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-45534-0005, Kz Mauthausen, Besuch Heinrich Himmler, Franz Ziereis
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Author: Paul Ricken (1892–1964)
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