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Above: A section of a Mauthausen Totenbuch (death book). It lists death number, nationality, inmate num­
ber, name, date and place of birth,“official” cause of death, and date and time of death. (Vol. 3, USA Exhibit
251, RG 238) Opposite: In his postwar report, camp survivor Lt. J. H. Taylor revealed how prisoner secretaries
in many cases recorded secret notations on the true causes of inmate deaths, writing that in the“‘42–43 book,
all numbers after 3725 with a dot after the place of birth were by injection.” (Box 4, Entry 110, RG 226)
USA 251–Mauthausen Death Books,Volumes 1–7, bound, dated Jan. 1939–Apr.
1945, giving death number, nationality, inmate number, name, date and place of
birth, cause of death, and date and time of death.Also included under this exhib­
it number are 202 sheets (original German­language documents) giving the dai­
ly death totals and transfers into and out of Mauthausen, Nov. 1, 1944, to May
1, 1945. Statistics are given by nationality.Also filed under PS­493. (Boxes 14–15)
USA 490–Photostatic copy of a joint interrogation report of Col. Guivante
de Saint Gast and Lt. Jean Veith, both of the French Army, May 13, 1945,
regarding “Action K or Kugel” (bullet action), the execution of prisoners of
war at Mauthausen. Also filed under PS­2285. (Box 45)
USA 491–Photostatic copy of a secret order, dated July 27, 1944, directing
the delivery of prisoners of war to the secret state police. German­language
with an English translation. Also filed under PS­1514. (Box 45)
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