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the auspices of the International Red Cross; and finally his personal situation.Sick
with dysentery and weighing no more than 114 pounds, Lt. Taylor recalls:
On Saturday May 5 the guns were much louder, but still some distance away and I
had not hoped that they would arrive before Sunday. Late in the afternoon, how­
ever, I heard rumors that an American jeep and half­tract were at the entrance, and
staggering through the frenzied crowd, I found Sgt. Albert Kosiek, Troop D, 41st Cav.
RCN, Sqd. Mecz. 11th Amd Div, 3rd U.S. Army. I could only say “GOD BLESS
AMERICA” and hold out my dog tags with a quavering hand.
After liberation, Taylor discovered an order for his execution and that of
other inmates in Block 13, scheduled for April 28, 1945, had been issued. A
statement attesting to the destruction of the order by Dr. Stransky Milos, a
Czechoslovak inmate working in the camp’s Political Department, is en­
closed. Other items included in the Taylor report are as follows:
Textual Documents
Interrogation of Fred Grant, a member of the Dupont Mission, taken on April
27, 1945. Part I describes Grant’s arrest and escape. Part II provides information
on political personalities who were members of the Austrian anti­Nazi resistance.
Debriefing notes on Ed Underwood, an Austrian member of the Dupont
Mission, written by Dyno Lowenstein, August 8, 1945, recounting services
rendered to the U.S. war effort by the Underwood family
Deposition on the fate of the Wels­Linz Communists, sworn by Richard
Dietl, the only surviving member of a group of political prisoners arrested
by the Linz Gestapo in September 1944. Undated. Includes a list of 43 polit­
ical prisoners executed on April 26, 1945 (giving name, date of birth, city of
origin, and prisoner number).
Deposition of Dr. Karl Helfrich, taken on May 15, 1945, regarding the
September 1944 executions of 47 British, Dutch, and American downed avi­
ators at Mauthausen. A name list is included, giving date of death, date of
birth, and city and country of origin. (A photocopy of this item is reproduced
on NARA Microfilm Publication T1021, roll 20. See VII.5 below.)
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