Austria · Ebensee am Traunsee
Ebensee concentration camp
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Background
Ebensee was a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp established by the SS to build tunnels for armaments storage near the town of Ebensee, Austria, in 1943. The camp held a total of 27,278 male inmates from 1943 until 1945. Between 8,500 and 11,000 prisoners died in the camp, most from hunger or malnutrition. Political prisoners were most common, and prisoners came from many different countries. Conditions were poor, and along with the lack of food, exposure to cold weather and forced hard labor made survival difficult.
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Facility profile
Operator
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Region
Ebensee am Traunsee
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Death-row facility
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Conditions
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Oswald Beck1902–1945
- Max Rodrigues Garcia1924 · architect
- Fritz Ruske1907
- Paul Friedl1904–1945 · infirmary clerk
- George D. Havas1929
- Lazar Stuhl1930–2003
- Karol Miczajka1919
- Gilbert-Dreyfus1902–1989 · endocrinologist
Moritz Nachtstern1902–1969 · type designer
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Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
32%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q699561)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Ebensee concentration camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ebensee-concentration-camp
"Ebensee concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ebensee-concentration-camp.
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