Austria · Mauthausen
Mauthausen concentration camp
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Operational period: 1938–1945.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1938
Closed 1945
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1938
Region
Mauthausen
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Josef Palát1900–1942
- Jan LapeÅ¡1909–1942
- Konstanty Kajak1906–1945
- CzesÅaw WoliÅski1897–1945
- Jaroslav Pek1896
- Josef Novotný1915–1943
- StanisÅaw CeliÅski1919–1995
- Wincenty Beznosik1897–1942
- Jaroslav LukeÅ¡1897–1941
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- 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 (Q160139)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Mauthausen concentration camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mauthausen-concentration-camp
"Mauthausen concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mauthausen-concentration-camp.
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