Mauthausen Concentration Camp - Postcards Folder. Paris, 1945

Mauthausen Concentration Camp - Postcards Folder. Paris, 1945

MAUTHAUSEN Plus jamais ca! - MAUTHAUSEN - Never again! Paris, 1945.

Binder containing 25 real photo postcards from the Mauthausen concentration camp During his control by the Nazis [some of the postcards were photographed on the day the camp was liberated and depict the horrifying sights revealed to the Allies when they entered the camp].  On the back od the postcards Explanations in French, German and Russian . Paris, 1945. Complete binder. Rare.

The postcards show the camp gate with the SS emblem - an eagle with a swastika, watch towers, harsh pictures of inmates handcuffed while being abused, crematoria, muselmann In the morning order, hanging poles, corpses, SS soldiers [Himmler and his men], and more. Most of the postcards in the binder are harsh to view. The photographs were taken partly by the Nazis themselves for internal purposes, and some by the Allies.

On the cover A picture of a prisoner in an inmate's uniform against a backdrop of smoke rising from the camp, by Bernard Albert. a prisoner in uniform with a description of the various garments is on the back of the binding. Introduction in French about the structure of the camp, how it was run and the number of people killed according to country of origin.

The Mauthausen concentration camp [Konzentrationslager Mauthausen] in Upper Austria was mainly used for forced labor. It was established in 1938 next to the city of Mauthausen, and was initially used for the incarceration of opponents of Nazism. Beginning in 1941, its purpose changed and the Nazis started to imprison many Jews there, mainly from communities in Czechoslovakia and Holland. 38,000 Jews were murdered in the camp, most died of forced labor. The camp was liberated in May of 1945 and was one of the last liberated by the US army.

Folder: 16x10 cm. Postcards: 10x14 cm. Condition: Very fine.