Confessions of Franz Ziereis, last commandant of Mauthausen

Identifier
irn504172
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0065
  • RG-04.049
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

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Archival History

Mr. Jim Sanders

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Sidney D. Gell donated the material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1993.

Scope and Content

The confessions of Franz Ziereis, the last commandant of Mauthausen consists of an English translation of the confession made by Ziereis after his arrest by American forces in May 1945. In the confession, Ziereis describes the persecution of Jews in Mauthausen, atrocities committed by SS guards, the Nazi practice of euthanasia, the use of human skin to bind books and make satchels, executions, death marches, a camp brothel, and camp inmate markings.

System of Arrangement

The Confessions of Franz Ziereis is arranged in a single series.

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