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a SHAEF G­5 Report and correspondence regarding the charge of inadequate
care of Mauthausen inmates at the time of liberation. POLAD Classified
General Correspondence, 1947, decimal 804.41 (box 151, location:
350/57/21/03), includes a small amount of cable traffic regarding travel
arrangements for witnesses at various Mauthausen trials.
RECORD GROUP 112, RECORDS OF THE OFFICE
OF THE SURGEON GENERAL (ARMY)
III.8 The Office of the Surgeon General (Army) (SGO) administers the Army
Medical Department and exercises general oversight and control over all
aspects of army health services.
III.9 SGO World War II Administrative Records: Geographic Series, 1945–1946
(Entry 31, box 1377, location: 390/15/30/05)
The Geographic Series includes 11th Armored Division sanitation reports
(May 24 and June 1, 1945) on Mauthausen. These describe conditions prevail­
ing at the time of liberation and the establishment of medical care and sanita­
tion facilities under the direction of the 130th and 131st Evacuation Hospitals
and other support medical groups. Sanitation reports of the 131st Evacuation
Hospital, May–June 1945 (Box 1395, location: 390/15/31/06), provide evalua­
tions of environmental sanitation, personal hygiene, nutrition, and disease
management, and in particular, steps to prevent the spread of venereal disease,
typhus, and tuberculosis. Reports cover the Mauthausen main camp, sub­camp
Gusen #1, the “Russian Camp,” and Women’s Hospital Area. Some reports
include name lists of medical personnel, some of whom were physicians drawn
from the ranks of former Mauthausen prisoners.
III.10 SGO World War II Administrative Records: Unit Annual Reports
(Entry 54A)
The Unit Annual Reports include 1945 annual reports for medical units post­
ed at components of the Mauthausen complex.The131st Evacuation Hospital fur­
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