Remembrance ceremonies: Stein on 1.4.2007 and Mauthausen 6.5.2007

 
in German:
Gedenkfeiern: Stein am 1.4.2007 und Mauthausen 6.5.2007

Project

 

Description

In the former Mauthausen concentration camp, the annual international remembrance ceremony took place on 6 May 2007. On 1 April 2007, a remembrance ceremony too place in memory of the victims of the bloodbath of 6 May 1945 by the SS. After the withdrawal of the SS, the prisoners were released. As a result of a betrayal, the SS returned and shooting into the crowds created a bloodbath in which 386 people were murdered.

in German:
Wie alljährlich findet im ehemaligen KZ Mauthausen am 6. Mai 2007 eine internationale Gedenkfeier statt. Am 1. April 2007 fand bereits in der ehemaligen Anstalt Stein zum Gedenken der Opfer des Blutbades vom 6. April 1945 durch die SS eine Gedenkfeier statt. Nach dem Abzug der SS wurden die Häftlinge dieser Anstalt freigelassen. Durch Verrat kehrte die SS zurück und richtete durch Hineinschießen in die Menschenmenge ein Blutbad an, bei dem 386 Menschen ermordet wurden.

Applicant

Working Community of the Concentration Camp Associations and Resistance Fighters Austria

in German:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der KZ-Verbände und Widerstandskämpfer Österreichs

Website

Location

Austria | show on map

Approved

23 May 2007

Category

Remembrance event

Type

Commemoration / remembrance

Funding

National Fund budget

Please note

The project contents and descriptions are based primarily on the submissions of the project applicants. These submissions are edited for publication and translated into English. Although it is subjected to rigorous checks, the National Fund does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.