Gusen I

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Gusen I was a major Nazi concentration camp in Austria, notorious for its brutal forced labor, extremely high death rate, and role in the Mauthausen camp complex during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp
forced labor camp
alsoKnownAs KZ Gusen I
associatedWith DEST (Deutsche Erd- und Steinwerke GmbH)
Messerschmitt aircraft production
country Nazi Germany
endDate 1945-05-05
hasMemorial Gusen Memorial
hasSubcamp Gusen II
Gusen III
historicalSignificance one of the deadliest camps in the Mauthausen system
languageOfName German
liberatedBy United States Army
liberationDate 1945-05-05
locatedIn Austria
Upper Austria
near Mauthausen
St. Georgen an der Gusen
notableFor brutal living conditions
extremely high mortality rate
underground armaments production
operatedBy SS-Totenkopfverbände
Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
partOf Mauthausen concentration camp system
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex
prisonerPopulation tens of thousands of inmates
startDate 1940-05-25
timePeriod World War II
usedFor extermination through labor
forced labor
genocide of Jews
persecution of intellectuals
persecution of political prisoners
persecution of prisoners of war
persecution of resistance members
political repression
victimGroup Austrian political prisoners
Czechs
French prisoners
German political prisoners
Italians
Jews
Poles
Soviet prisoners of war
Spanish Republicans
Yugoslavs
intellectuals and professionals
workType armaments factory labor
construction work
stone quarry labor

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