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A h<strong>and</strong>­drawn map of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp System is part of the “Cohen Report” doc­<br />

umenting alleged war crimes at Mauthausen <strong>and</strong> 13 of its sub­<strong>camp</strong>s. The report was compiled on site<br />

by Maj. Eugene S. Cohen of the 514th Quartermaster Corps between May 6 <strong>and</strong> June 15, 1945. The<br />

Mauthausen <strong>complex</strong> exp<strong>and</strong>ed into a “ring” of some 50 sub­<strong>camp</strong>s scattered throughout Austria, mak­<br />

ing it one of the largest <strong>and</strong> most profitable labor <strong>camp</strong> <strong>complex</strong>es in German­controlled Europe. (Cohen<br />

Report, War Crimes Cases Tried, Box 334, RG 549)

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