KZ Mauthausen
It was the only camp in the Third Reich classified as category 3, which stood for extermination through work. The prisoners were forced to work e.g. in the quarries of Deutsche Erd- und Steinwerke GmbH, established after the annexation of Austria into Germany. The plant belonged to the SS and was involved in the extraction of building materials. Other companies such as Bayer, Messerschmitt and Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG also took advantage of the forced labour. Work lasted from nine to eleven hours a day except for Sundays. The food was insufficient and the penalties for the most minor offenses were exceptionally brutal. One of the most cruel was the work in the penal unit, where they had to carry stones weighing up to 50 kilograms on their backs from the quarry to the camp. The prisoners were also murdered by being pushed down from a height of 50 meters. This is how Dutch Jews, in particular, died. From March 1942, about 35,000 people were also murdered with gas. In February 1945, 500 inmates managed to escape, but were quickly caught, which was also helped by the local residents. Probably 11 fugitives, who were lucky enough to come across benevolent local inhabitants, managed to survive.
The Americans liberated the camp on the 5th of May 1945 with the help of a Red Cross delegate Louis Häfliger. About 40,000 to 50,000 prisoners were saved. The victims of KZ Mauthausen and its sub-camps included many participants of the Warsaw Uprising:
ANTOLAK JÓZEF a.k.a. "Szczur"
* 15.7.1927 Błonie
† 24.4.1945
BARAN WACŁAW a.k.a. "Grześ"
† 30.4.1945
BIBRICH STEFAN a.k.a. "Szymański"
* 8.2.1907 Warsaw
† 12.11.1944
BUCZYŃSKI KAZIMIERZ Sergeant, Cadet Officer a.k.a. "Sowa"
* 16.1.1911 Cepcewicze Wielkie
† 21.11.1944
CHABOWSKI WIKTOR a.k.a. "Wierzba"
* 6.3.1899 Płock
† 18.5.1945
DĄBROWSKI JÓZEF WIESŁAW Cadet Officer a.k.a. "Dąbrowa"
* 10.4.1906 Charków
† 1945
DĄBROWSKI BOGUSŁAW Rifleman
* 12.1.1925
† 14.2.1945
EJERMAN TEODOR Company Sergeant Major a.k.a. "Kotlarz"
* 26.5.1903 Warsaw
† 30.1.1945
ELZANOWSKI HENRYK
* 4.12.1923 Leśno
† in the uprising or on 17.4.1945
GAWOR ZBIGNIEW Cpl, Cadet Officer a.k.a. "Kropka"
* 3.9.1921 Żyrardów
† 6.2.1945
GOŁUCHOWSKI RYSZARD
* 27.11.1927
† 1945
GWIAZDA KAZIMIERZ Cpl
* 20.1.1895 Warsaw
† 3.2.1945
HERUBIN JÓZEF Sergeant Major a.k.a. "Cynk"
* 4.3.1911 Warsaw
† 7.12.1944
HOLTZ GUSTAW
* 9.3.1911 Warsaw
† 22.1.1945
JACHOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW a.k.a. "Skalski", "Wacław"
* 26.11.1906 Dylew
† 2.3.1945
JANC ZYGMUNT a.k.a. "Legun"
* 5.3.1911 Nasielsk
† 4.2.1945
KAMIŃSKI ZYGMUNT
* 20.0.1900 Warsaw
† 30.1.1945
KONARSKI GUSTAW
* 20.1.1925 Warsaw
† 19.2.1945
KONTRYM BOGDANN Rifleman a.k.a. "Andy"
* 21.9.1924 Wilanów
† 17.04.1945
KROPIELNICKI STANISŁAW a.k.a. "Kropla"
KRZESZOWSKI FRANCISZEK a.k.a. "Krzesiwo"
* 15.9.1904
† 21.1.1945
KRZYŻAGÓRSKI ALOJZY Cpl
* 19.5.1911
† 16.1.1945
KUK WŁODZIMIERZ a.k.a. "Staszek"
* 23.3.1924 Warsaw
† 24.04.1945
KULPIŃSKI WACŁAW Fireman
* 21.1.1905
† 29.4.1945
KUPIEC EUGENIUSZ a.k.a. "Szczepan"
† 19.4.1945
KUROWSKI JAN Fireman
* 22.8.1892 Zglechów
† 15.4.1945
LIPOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW Sergeant a.k.a. "Olek"
† 24.4.1945
LIZURAJ-POMIOTOWSKI ZYGMUNT Rifleman a.k.a. "Wojtek"
LOREK HENRYK Cpl a.k.a. "Pająk"
* 5.8.1915 Żelazna (?)
† 24.4.1945
ŁADKOWSKI ZDZISŁAW Cpl a.k.a. "Miecz"
* 1914
† 16.1.1945
MACIAŁEK BRONISŁAW Rifleman a.k.a. "Drucik"
* 1.10.1922 Szewsko
† 28.11.1944
MATUSZEWSKI CZESŁAW a.k.a. "Szybki"
* 1.11.1912
† 17.1.1945
MAZGAJSKI JÓZEF Company Sergeant Major a.k.a. "Drut"
* 23.3.1900 Żyrardów
MĄCZYŃSKI JERZY Cpl a.k.a. "Modrzew"
MERLAK LUCJAN Assistant Scoutmaster, Rifleman a.k.a. "Łabęda"
* 23.8.1913 Kamieńsk
† 30.11.1944
MIŁKOWSKI ZYGMUNT Colonel a.k.a. "Denhoff", "Wrzos"
* 30.10.1894 Zofiówka
† 6.4.1945
MUSIAŁ NARCYZ
* 29.10.1897 Warsaw
† 18.5.1945
NOWAK RYSZARD Lance Corporal Rifles a.k.a. "Murzyn"
* 2.5.1925 Warsaw
† 13.5.1945
OBIESŁO KAZIMIERZ Rifleman a.k.a. "Wiech", "Kazik"
* 2.3.1907 Warsaw
† 7.5.1945
OGÓŁA RYSZARD a.k.a. "Pajac"
* 9.9.1918 Warsaw
† 4.5.1945
PATKOWSKI JERZY
* 30.10.1919 Warsaw
† 30.1.1945
PAWLONKA JAN a.k.a. "Bartek"
† 23.1.1945
PIASECKI JAN Rifleman
* 15.2.1903 Warsaw
† 26.11.1944
PIELAK MIECZYSŁAW Rifleman
* 27.6.1901
† 20.4.1945
PIEKARNIAK LEON Rifleman a.k.a. "Leoniak"
* 12.6.1913 Warsaw
† 14.3.1945
PLADYS EUGENIUSZ Rifleman a.k.a. "K-7"
* 1.9.1927 Warsaw
PORĘBSKI LEOPOLD Regimental Sergeant Major a.k.a. "Walenty"
* 2.12.1894
† 15.1.1945
PRAWICZ WŁADYSŁAW Rifleman a.k.a. "Delfin"
* 4.6.1928 Warsaw
† 21.10.1945 after liberation
PYSZKOWSKI JÓZEF a.k.a. "Ziuk"
* 25.5.1903
† 29.12.1944
SPLETSTÖSSER ANTONI Second-Lieutenant a.k.a. "Reguła"
* 4.6.1901 Rosko
† 29.12.1944
STASZEWSKI WŁADYSŁAW Cpl a.k.a. "Szary"
* 18.12.1925 Pabianice
SZABELAK BRONISŁAW Company Sergeant Major
* 1897
† 10.1944
SZARUCH ANTONI a.k.a. "Janek"
* 10.5.1889
† 22.2.1945
SZYMAŃSKI MARIAN Rifleman a.k.a. "Bambus"
* 2.2.1916 Warsaw
† 23.3.1945
SZYMCZAK MIECZYSŁAW Rifleman
* 26.9.1923 Warsaw
† 29.3.1945
TURKOWSKI MARIAN Rifleman a.k.a. "Turek"
VELTZE JERZY Rifleman
* 12.2.1924 Lviv
† 9.2.1945
VELTZE ZBIGNIEW Second-Lieutenant a.k.a. "Maria"
* 19.7.1913 Lviv
† 15.1.1945
WARDZIŃSKI CZESŁAW Rifleman a.k.a. "Topór"
* 24.12.1913 Warsaw
† 4.4.1945
WASYLUK MARCIN Second-Lieutenant, Reservist a.k.a. "Bielski Marcin"
* 7.10.1902 Mokrany Stare
WIELĄDEK WŁADYSŁAW a.k.a. "Stary"
* 3.2.1893
† 16.4.1945
WITEŃSKI WŁADYSŁAW Rifleman a.k.a. "Baigieł"
* 19.6.1929 Warsaw
† 15.5.1945
WŁODARCZYK JAN
* 26.8.1909 Morsk
† 22.12.1944
WOJCIECHOWSKI FRANCISZEK
* 28.9.1891 Warsaw
† 26.4.1945
ZIELIŃSKI JERZY Rifleman a.k.a. "Kalina"
