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International Military Tribunal Prosecution Exhibits: USA
Entry 2A, location: 190/10/35/06; see III.32 below.
Death Ledger of Soviet Russian Prisoners Who Died at Mauthausen and
Gusen, October 1941–March 1945. This ledger gives name, prisoner num­
ber, place and date of birth, cause, date and time of death. (USA 250)
Mauthausen Death Books,Volumes 1–7, bound, January 1939– April 1945.
The books provide death number, nationality, inmate number, name, date
and place of birth, and cause, date, and time of death. Also included are
202 unbound sheets giving daily death totals and transfers into and out of
Mauthausen, November 1, 1944–May 1, 1945. (USA 251)
International Military Tribunal: Evidence Files
Entry 1, location:190/10/27/02; see III.34 below
Special Death Book of Men Who Died at Mauthausen and Gusen, April
22–27, 1945. This book contains about 600 German­language death cer­
tificates in a loosely bound volume, each giving name, inmate number,
date and place of birth, profession, and date, place and cause of death.
(PS 496)
“Exekutionen K.L.M.” This bound, handwritten ledger records execu­
tions at Mauthausen, 1940–45. The volume is arranged alphabetically by
family name, giving nationality, date of execution, and in some cases,
reason for execution. The red “K” signifies “Kugel Aktion” against pris­
oners of war allegedly caught trying to escape. (PS 497)
Opposite: A rare 1942 image of Spanish inmates pulling a dirt­laden wagon in Wiener Graben (Vienna
Ditch), the stone quarry at Mauthausen. The photograph is one of those secretly salvaged by Spanish
photojournalist and inmate Francois Boix and later submitted as a prosecution exhibit in the war crimes
trials. (Mauthausen Trial, Exhibit 153, Box 345, RG 549)
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