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Women in the Holocaust: Presentations from the Dialogforum 2024 online to watch now

The presentations of the 15th Dialogforum are now available online in video format.

Gusen Memorial: Official Launch of the Design Competition

The Burghauptmannschaft Österreich and Mauthausen Memorial take next steps in developing the Gusen Memorial into an international memorial site

New public guided tour of the Gusen Memorial for individual visitors

Closing days of the bistro at the memorial in June 2024

Information for visitors

Relative Yehuda Sternberg visited the Mauthausen Memorial

Call for papers – Women in the Holocaust

Submission of proposals for the conference closes on 31 May 2024

Call for Entries: Mauthausen Memorial Research Prize 2022

Please submit by 30 June 2024

Closing of the Participation Process Gusen Memorial

Final report and master plan published

Changed opening hours of the bistro at the memorial

Information

Winter closing days of the Bistro at the Memorial

closed from 23.12.2022 until 10.01.2023

Opening hours

Bistro currently closed on weekends

Orthodox Commemoration at the Mauthausen and Gunskirchen Memorials

A retrospect

Parking when visiting the Memorial Gusen

Official start of plans to develop the Gusen Memorial

First IWalk in Austria! "Mauthausen Memorial: Vestiges of the Past"

Call for Entries

Mauthausen Memorial Research Prize 2022

Nazi comparisons at protests

Visual History of the Holocaust: Rethinking Curation in the Digital Age

Mauthausen Memorial is Project Partner in the Horizon 2020 Project:
"Visual History of the Holocaust: Rethinking Curation in the Digital Age"

Portraits of Holocaust survivors tell of resilience and resourcefulness

In an exhibition entitled Written in Memory, the Mauthausen Memorial is showing 22 portraits of Holocaust survivors by American photographer Jeffrey A. Wolin. The photographs will be on display in the former infirmary building and the exhibition will run until the end of October. The images are full of life - and although there is a faint echo of suffering it does not force itself into the foreground.

The Mauthausen Memorial Virtual Guide goes online

A new module on the Gusen concentration camp makes its architectural remains visible. A module for the Mauthausen Memorial offers a self-guided audio tour. Further modules on the camps’ regional environment are in progress

Mauthausen Memorial: Each name matters

With a special focus and an impressive video projection entitled "#eachnamematters", from 4-6 May 2021 the Mauthausen Concentration Camp Memorial will give the thousands of victims a face and contrast the sheer number of 90,000 with actual names and individual life stories. The projection, which will also be shown via livestream on the internet, will be accompanied by a social media campaign under the hashtag of the same name "eachnamematters".

A milestone for memorial culture in Austria: Purchase of land that was part of the former Gusen concentration camp

The Mauthausen Memorial welcomes the purchase of land that was part of the former Gusen concentration camp. This represents the next decisive step in the development of the Gusen Memorial.

LIVE STREAM - eachnamematters

In cooperation with Ars Electronica Linz, from 4 to 6 May 2021, 8 pm to midnight each day, all the names of the dead of the Mauthausen concentration camp known to date will be projected onto the outer walls of the former Mauthausen concentration camp as part of a large-scale video projection with the title ‘#eachnamematters’. The aim of the installation is to give the thousands of victims a face and to contrast the stark figure of 90,000 with actual names and individual life stories. The project is accompanied by a social media campaign with the same hashtag ‘eachnamematters’.

Social media project: each name matters

5 May 1945, the day of the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp, is among the most important commemorative dates marked by the Mauthausen Memorial. Through our social media project ‘#eachnamematters’, we want to send a clear signal and give the victims, who were nameless at the time of their deaths, back their identity and dignity.

Primarosa Pia (1952-2021)

The sad news has reached us from Piedmont that Primarosa Pia died on 17 April 2021 at the Alessandria Hospital, a few days before her 69th birthday. We mourn this strong, humorous and energetic woman whose work as an educator was tireless in the struggle against forgetting and who was actively involved in the work of the Mauthausen Memorial.

In memoriam André Monchablon

The sad news has reached us from France that André Monchablon, a survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp, has died on 21 February 2021 at the age of 101.

Henri Maître (1923-2021)

The sad news has reached us from Savoy that our friend, Henri Maître, president of the Association de Savoie des déportés, internés et familles des disparus – Aix-les-Bains, died on 19 February 2021.

27 January 1945 - the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp

#WeRemember

Farewell to Max Garcia

On 9 January 2021, Max Garcia, a Holocaust survivor deported to the Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Melk and Ebensee concentration camps, died.

Review for 2020

Thank you for your friendship and support and let’s stay connected in 2021!

Aba Lewit (1923 - 2020)

We have lost a truly great and wonderful person.

We mourn the death of Juan Romero

The Spanish Mauthausen survivor has died in France at the age of 101.

Personal encounters at historic sites: education work at the Mauthausen Memorial during the coronavirus pandemic

At the Mauthausen Memorial, the current developments regarding coronavirus are being monitored carefully. At present, the ‘corona traffic light’ for the Perg region is on green. While adhering to strict Covid-19 safety measures, outdoor guided tours at the memorial site are now possible for small groups of 12 people – in particular for school groups again.

Farewell to Onufrij Mychajlowytsch Dudok

The sad news has reached us that Onufrji Mychajlowytsch Dudok died on 14 September 2020

Farewell to Pavel Branko

A short while ago, we received the sad news that Pavel Branko passed away on 17 August 2020.

New regional bus service to the Mauthausen Memorial

The first regional bus service which will directly connect Linz Central Station to the Mauthausen Memorial is set to go into operation on 12 July 2020. With this new bus service visitors are offered a new and easy way to travel to the Mauthausen Memorial.

75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Mauthausen Concentration Camp: Born Survivors

Hana Berger-Moran, Mark Olsky and Eva Clarke are not related but they are, as they say themselves, "siblings by heart". They had only been a couple of days and weeks old when the Mauthausen concentration camp was liberated by the US Army on 5 May 1945.

75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Mauthausen Concentration Camp: Let’s send a signal together!

On 5 May 1945 soldiers from the US Army liberated Mauthausen Concentration Camp. The open camp gates became a symbol of freedom, peace and the dawning of a new and better age. Now, 75 years after the liberation of Mauthausen Concentration Camp, we want to send a clear signal. Even though the corona pandemic has made it impossible to hold remembrance ceremonies at the Memorial, we still wish to join you in celebrating the liberation from National Socialism.#Liberation1945

Mauthausen Memorial: Individual Remembrance Permitted at the Historic Site as of 4 May

From 4 May 2020, the former "protective custody camp" at the Mauthausen Memorial will be open again from 9 am to 5:30 pm (last admission 4:45 pm). The buildings will have to remain closed for the time being.

The collections and the archive of the Mauthausen Memorial in Vienna are open to public again

From 4 March 2020 on, the collections and the archive are open to the public again.

Mauthausen Memorial records a rise in visitor numbers

A total of 288,670 visitors came to the Mauthausen and Gusen Memorials in 2019. This represents an increase of around 15,000 on the previous year.

INFORMATION - STORM WARNING

Due to a storm, the Mauthausen Memorial is unfortunately closed today (11.02.2020).

Commemorating 75 years since the ‘Mühlviertler Hare Hunt’

Representatives from the Russian Embassy, the Russian Cultural Institute, the Alexander Perchersky Foundation, the State of Israel and the Mauthausen Memorial gathered to remember the ‘Mühlviertel Hare Hunt’ at the site of ‘Block 20’.

Farewell to Bill Anderson

A short while ago news of a death reached us from the United States: Bill Anderson had died peacefully on 12 January at the age of 95 surrounded by his family.

Dutch monument at the Mauthausen Memorial has been daubed

The Gusen Memorial must be developed: We have long been advocates of this necessary step

Since the roll call area at Gusen has become visible again after many years and has been placed under a monument protection order, the Mauthausen Memorial has been doing all it can to campaign for the creation of a new ‘expanded’ memorial site both there and at nearby locations.

Book launch of ‘Sowjetische Kriegsgefangene im System der Konzentrationslager’ (Soviet Prisoners of War in the Concentration Camp System)

On 9 December 2019, the Mauthausen Memorial hosted the launch of the book ‘Sowjetische Kriegsgefangene im System der Konzentrationslager’ (Mauthausen Studies, Vol. 14), joined by its two authors Reinhard Otto and Rolf Keller. The book is the first overarching study of the fate of Soviet prisoners of war within the system of National Socialist concentration camps and describes the factors behind their transfer to the SS on the basis of surviving Wehrmacht, Gestapo and SS source material.

Book Launch for “Klaras Geschichte” by Clare Parker

Farewell to Paul Encelot

Paul Encelot, a Frenchman and Mauthausen survivor, died in June 2019.

In July and August, the Mauthausen Memorial offers daily public guided tours

In July and August, the Mauthausen Memorial offers daily public guided tours in German and English. Additionally, in the month of August, daily public guided tours in Italian language are offered as well.

Presentation of the book "Mauthausen vor Gericht" ("Mauthausen on Trial")

On 11 June 2019 the Mauthausen Memorial presented the 13th volume in the series Mauthausen Studien in the presence of the author, Christian Rabl. “Mauthausen vor Gericht” (“Mauthausen on Trial”) represents the first comprehensive study of the criminal investigations and trials of Nazi perpetrators.

Maintenance work on 31 May 2019

Due to maintenance work on 31 May 2019, the Mauthausen Memorial will not be open for visitors before 11 am on that day.

Looking Back upon the Memorial and Liberation Ceremonies 2019

Information about the Liberation Ceremonies 2019

Farewell to Stanley Bernath

On 26 March 2019, Stanley Bernath, a Holocaust survivor deported to the Auschwitz and Mauthausen concentration camps, died shortly before his 93rd birthday in Ohio, USA, surrounded by his family.

Commemorative event ‘Parcours mémoriel des jeunes et des scolaires’ in Nancy, 5 March 2019

On 5 March 2019, around 600 people took part in an event to commemorate the round-ups that took place in March 1943 in Nancy, France. It was organised by the Amicale de Mauthausen and the Amis de la Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation and involved 500 secondary school pupils from the Nancy region with their teachers and the Gusen survivor Stéphane Lewandowski.

Farewell to Ramiro Santisteban Castillo

We mourn the death of Ramiro Santisteban Castillo, who died this February in Paris at the age of 97.

Stairway (“Stairway of Death”) at the Mauthausen Memorial not accessible

Farewell to René Baumann

The Frenchman René Baumann, a survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp, has died at the age of 95 in his home town in Alsace.

Farewell to Michael J. Kraus

From the USA we have received the sad news that Michael J. Kraus died on 17 December 2018.

Director Barbara Glück looks back on the commemoration year 2018

Effectiveness and name recognition of Mauthausen Memorial

As part of a joint project of the Austrian Mauthausen Committee, the market-research company OGM and the Mauthausen Memorial, funded by the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria, a study on the effectiveness and name recognition of the Mauthausen Memorial was carried out.

In Memoriam: Vassily Kononenko

Book tip: "Death March Escape"

"Death March Escape" tells the story of the Mauthausen survivor David Hersch and is written by his son Jack. Published in English by Frontline Books, the book goes on sale on 30 October 2018.

Gusen Memorial: the further development of a site of memory

Forced to Toil and Build Their Own Camp - On the arrival of the first prisoners at Mauthausen on 8 August 1938

The Pink Triangle Issue

Eighty years since the construction of Mauthausen Concentration Camp where homosexual men were imprisoned and forced to wear a Pink Triangle as a marker of their sexuality. Vangardist Magazine collaborate with Mauthausen Memorial to call for an alliance against contemporary violations of LGBTQI+ rights all around the world. Vangardist Magazine aim to reclaim the Pink Triangle as a symbol opposing homophobia.

“Dialogue of Memory – Stories Need Voices”

On 4 May 2018, National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka and Federal Council President Reinhardt Todt invited guests to the “Commemorative Event against Violence and Racism in Memory of the Victims of National Socialism” in the Ceremonial Hall of the Hofburg in Vienna. At the heart of the event was the Mauthausen Memorial’s youth project “Dialogue of Memory – Stories Need Voices”.

Information about the Liberation Ceremonies 2018

12 March 1938: The ‘Anschluss’ (‘annexation’) and the prehistory

Special Visits to the Memorial

Encounter and interaction with visitors are features of the educational work of the Mauthausen Memorial. The encounters highlighted here will be remembered in particular.

3,000 books for the specialist library of the Mauthausen Memorial in Vienna

Our very special thanks go to Kaspar Nürnberg from the 'Aktives Museum, Fascism and Resistance in Berlin'. Working with the German Association of Memorial Libraries (AGGB), he has been able to secure 3,000 books for the Mauthausen Memorial.

Information

The Mauthausen Memorial will be closed on 19 March 2018 from 3 p.m.

In Memoriam: Jürgen Löwenstein

The sad news has reached us from Israel that Jürgen Löwenstein has died at the age of 93.

New Training Course for Educators at the Mauthausen Memorial

Presentation of the Book 'The Heavens were Walled In'

On 20 January 2018, the children of Joseph Fisher - David, Gideon, Estee and Amnon - gave a presentation at the Mauthausen Memorial Visitor Center on the memoirs of their father, who survived the Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen II concentration camps and was liberated in Gunskirchen in 1945.

'Our life is a warning to you, not a legend!' - In memoriam Aleksander Szymański

The Mauthausen Memorial mourns the death of Aleksander Szymański. The resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor died in Poland on 27 December 2017 at the age of 90.

In Memoriam: Manuel Alfonso Ortells

The sad news has reached us from France that Manuel Alfonso Ortells has died at the age of 99.

'learning (from) the Nazi era' - Roundtable with Educators from .SIAK

From 20 to 22 November 2017, a roundtable with educators from .SIAK took place at the Mauthausen Memorial and the Hartheim Castle Memorial Site.

Discussion Forum 'Education at Memorial Sites'

On 11 October 2017, the Mauthausen Memorial hosted a forum for exchange and discussion between educators working at Polish and Austrian memorial museums and Austrian schoolteachers. The theme of the conference was educational work with schools at memorial sites.

Cooperation project with the Foundation 'Polish-German Reconciliation' to catalogue the Stanisław Dobosiewicz Archive

Two members of the Mauthausen Memorial staff, Ralph Lechner and Robert Vorberg, paid a visit to the Foundation 'Polish-German Reconciliation' ('Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie') in Warsaw. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a cooperation project on the digitalisation and cataloguing of the archive left by Stanisław Dobosiewicz.

'Bathing, diving, car washing,… prohibited!' (in German language)

In Memoriam: Stella Esformes

On 19 September 2017 the sad news reached us of the death of Stella Esformes, a survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

The Former Forced Labour Camp in Graz Liebenau - On Dealing with a Long-Suppressed Chapter in Contemporary History

At the start of 2017, construction began in Graz on a new hydroelectric power station on the Mur river. During the work, a long-suppressed chapter in contemporary history came to light once again: the former forced labour camp at Graz Liebenau.

Walking tour of the area around the Mauthausen Memorial

From September, the Mauthausen Memorial will be offering regular public walking tours on special themes. The aim is to give local people the chance to see what is, for them, a familiar place from new angles. The series starts with a walk through the area around the Mauthausen Memorial led by historian Christian Angerer on 23 September 2017 from 10:00 am to 01:00 pm.

Playing an active role in commemoration: international youth gathering at Mauthausen

Students Help with Maintenance at the Mauthausen Memorial

Every year since 1980, the Berlin Knobelsdorff School has been carrying out structural maintenance work at the Mauthausen Memorial in cooperation with the Berlin regional association of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. (Federation of German War Graves Commission).

An Interview with the Mauthausen Survivor Sara Rus

Our colleague Christian Dürr met with Sara Rus, a Mauthausen survivor, in Buenos Aires and spoke with her about her time in the concentration camp and her eventful life afterwards.

70th Anniversary of the Handover of the Former Mauthausen Concentration Camp to the Republic of Austria

International Commemoration Ceremony Against Forgetting in Loibl

In Memoriam Marius Michel

The sad news has reached us from France that Marius Michel, a survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp, has died at the age of 95.

Survivors' Reception 'We are the next generation'

Working together with young people, the Mauthausen Memorial organised a reception for survivors with the title 'We are the next generation', which took place on 7 May 2017, immediately after the International Liberation Ceremony.

Orbituary for Ljubomir Zečević

The sad news has reached us from Belgrade that our friend, Ljubomir Zečević, chairman of the Association of Former Prisoners of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Serbia, has died on 12 May.

Looking Back upon the Memorial and Liberation Ceremonies 2017

Mauthausen Memorial Yearbook 2016

The new edition of the Mauthausen Memorial Yearbook was published on 5 May 2017 with a special focus on perpetrator studies.

In Memoriam Stanislaw Leszczynski

‘We struggled for every day, every hour of our survival, always thinking of our loved ones. But without the help of our comrades, this struggle would have been hopeless.’ (Stanislaw Leszczynski)

The Mauthausen Memorial aids in the investigation of a family history and sheds light on a previously unknown fate

Daniel Engel really only wanted to see where his great-grandfather had died. But then research carried out by the Mauthausen Memorial brought to light what had happened to him, making it possible for his ashes to be returned to his homeland.

In Memoriam Jiři Konta

The sad news has reached us from the Czech Republic that Prof Jiři Konta, a survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp, passed away on 22 February 2017 at the age of 95.

Orbituary for Joseph Sheen

The crimes did not come to a halt with the liberation of Auschwitz

​On 27 January 1945 the Auschwitz concentration camp and Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp were liberated by the Soviet Army. In 2005 the United Nations declared this date an international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

In Memoriam Modesto Melis

The sad news has reached us from Italy that Modesto Melis, a survivor of the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps, passed away in Carbonia, Italy, on 9 January 2017 at the age of 96.