Mauthausen

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Mauthausen concentration camp, located in Austria, operated from 1938 to 1945. It was notorious for its harsh forced labor, where prisoners endured extreme conditions, including the “Stairs of Death.” Over 100,000 individuals, mostly Jews, political prisoners, and minorities, died due to executions, abuse, starvation, and grueling labor.

Municipal Cemetery of Salzburg, Austria

At the Kommunalfriedhof Salzburg many victims of WW2, wether they are Axis, Allied or civilian, find their final …

Posted January 10, 2024 (updated May 5, 2025) by Pascal

Mittersill Castle, Schloss Mittersill – Austria

From 1943 a SS department from the Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler organization who were occupied with the research of …

Posted April 9, 2023 (updated May 5, 2025) by Patrick

Adolf Hitler’s Birthplace in Braunau am Inn, Austria

In this building situated in the Upper-Austrian city of Braunau am Inn (then the Austria-Hungarian empire) Adolf Hitler …

Posted August 4, 2017 (updated February 20, 2025) by Pascal

Colditz Castle, Oflag IV-C, Colditz in Saxony – Germany

When the Nazi's came to power in 1933 they turned Colditz Castle into a political prison to house …

Posted May 14, 2016 (updated May 5, 2025) by Patrick

Dachau Concentration Camp – Bavaria, Germany

Concentration Camp Dachau or KZ Dachau in German was the first complete concentration camp the Germans built. The …

Posted March 20, 2016 (updated May 5, 2025) by Patrick

Kazemattenmuseum Kornwerderzand – Afsluitdijk, the Netherlands

During the construction of the 32 km long and 90m wide Afsluitdijk, a number of man made islands …

Posted April 5, 2015 (updated May 5, 2025) by Pascal