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tion: 190/04/15/06). (Note: This testimony was originally part of the
“Taylor Report.” See III.25 below.)
XL 10739: An account of personal experiences in Concentration Camps
Dachau and Mauthausen by Dr. Hans S. von Becker, former leader of the
Recruiting Service of the Austrian Fatherland Front and a prominent mem­
ber of the Austrian National Committee at Mauthausen, undated but
reportedly “received June 14, 1945.” As a result of anti­Nazi political activ­
ities, Dr. von Becker was arrested in March 1938 and transported to Dachau.
In October 1939, he was transported to Mauthausen, where he remained
until early 1941. In February 1945, he was arrested a second time and
returned to Mauthausen, where he remained until the camp’s liberation in
May 1945 (Entry 19, box 147, location: 190/04/15/06). (Note: This testimo­
ny was originally part of the “Taylor Report.” See III.25 below. Dr. von Becker’s
interrogation report of May 15, 1945, regarding war crimes committed by SS
personnel at Mauthausen is included in the Cohen Report. See III.32 below.)
XL 11777: Report PWS(H)/KP/530, Report of the Interrogation of PW
Alfred Volke on “Concentration Camp Gusen near Mauthausen, Austria,”
December 5, 1944. A former inmate describes the camp command, and
gassing of Russian prisoners of war and other atrocities.Appendices include
detailed descriptions of the camp layout and crematorium with accompa­
nying drawings. A second copy of this report is located in the OSS Field
Station Files, below. (Entry 19, box 159, location: 190/04/16/01)
XL 17722: Appendix A to U.S. Forces Austria, Intelligence Summary No.
15, September 15, 1945, “Extermination of Mental Defectives in Austria,”
is a study of the practice of euthanasia at Niedernhart and Hartheim Mental
Hospitals near Linz, Austria, based on interviews with hospital staff.
Niedernhart Hospital director Dr. Joseph Bohn estimated that some
35,000–40,000 “mental defectives” passed through Niedernhart during
1940–42 and were exterminated at Hartheim, with the killing continuing
to November 1944. (Entry 19, Box 267, location: 190/04/18/02)
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