Themenrundgang: The 'Aktion 14f13' at Mauthausen/Gusen Concentration Camp

What's it about?

Starting in spring 1941, sick and weakened prisoners of the concentration camps became victims of a centrally organized murder operation. They were selected by medical commissions and murdered in the killing centers of 'Aktion T4'. From August 1941, prisoners from Mauthausen and Gusen were transported to the Hartheim killing center for extermination. Over the course of the operation, the scope of the selections was extended to include political prisoners, Jewish prisoners, those categorized as 'asocial', and Soviet prisoners of war. Approximately 5,000 prisoners from Mauthausen and Gusen were murdered with carbon monoxide in Hartheim by 1944. The focus of the tour is on the biographies of victims of the operation, whose stories often do not end with their murder. Often, relatives fought for decades afterward to have their loved ones recognized as victims of National Socialism. Speakers: Alex Kleiß (educational staff at the Mauthausen and Gusen Memorial), Florian Schwanninger (Head of the Learning and Memorial Site Schloss Hartheim) Meeting point: KZ-...

Where?

KZ-Gedenkstätte / Mauthausen Memorial

Organiser: KZ-Gedenkstätte / Mauthausen Memorial