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Melk concentration camp

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Background

Melk concentration camp (also called Melk labor camp and KZ Melk, A.K.Me.) was a forced labor unit for men, attached to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Mauthausen, Upper Austria. Prisoners there were assigned to the construction of an underground ball-bearing factory for the Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG company. Established on January 11, 1944, approximately 14,390 prisoners were transported to Melk, where at least 4,896 perished. The camp was liberated on May 5, 1945. In January 1944, a Kommando of Mauthausen concentration camp was established in Melk, Lower Austria, in the former abandoned barracks of the Wehrmacht pioneers Freiherr von Birago, then located in the Reichsgau Niederdonau, about 100 km east of Linz.

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Melk

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World Prisons. (2026). Melk concentration camp. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/melk-concentration-camp
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"Melk concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/melk-concentration-camp.
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@misc{worldprisons-melk-concentration-camp,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Melk concentration camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/melk-concentration-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}