Gusen Concentration Camp
Gusen is the name of the biggest and most brutal Nazi concentration camp complex on Austrian territory. Originally called "Mauthausen II", the camp consisted of three camps and toward the end of the war, was annexed to Mauthausen concentration camp. It was part of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex.
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