00:00After the outbreak of war, people from across Europe were deported to Mauthausen, which
00:05gradually developed into a system of several interconnected camps.
00:08In order to accommodate the prisoners where they worked, the SS established several sub-camps.
00:13Commandants of these camps reported directly to Franz Ziais.
00:17Newly arrived prisoners were transferred to these camps from the main camp.
00:21During this phase, Mauthausen and Gusen were the concentration camps with the harshest
00:26imprisonment conditions and the highest mortality.
00:28Those who were ill or deemed useless to the SS lived in constant fear for their lives.
00:35In 1941, the SS started to construct a gas chamber and other installations at Mauthausen for the
00:41systematic murder of large groups of people.
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