Remembrance journey to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp and satellite camp and to Stein an der Donau

 
in German:
Gedenkfahrten in das KZ-Mauthausen und Nebenlager und nach Stein an der Donau

Project

 

Description

Every year on 18 May 2008, an international memorial ceremony takes place in Mauthausen. The ceremony in memory of the victims of the bloodbath of 6 April 1945 by the SS in the former institution Stein took place on 5 April 2008. After the withdrawal of the SS, the prisoners were released from this institute. By treachery the SS returned and caused a bloodbath by shooting the masses of people. 386 people were killed.

in German:
Alljährlich findet am 18.Mai 2008 im ehemaligen KZ Mauthausen eine internationale Gedenkfeier statt. Die Feierlichkeiten zum Gedenken der Opfer des Blutbades vom 6. April 1945 durch die SS in der ehemaligen Anstalt Stein findet am 5. April 2008 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

29 May 2008

Category

Commemorative journey

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.