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USA 492–Two secret SIPO orders, dated Jan. 2 and 23, 1941, directing the
reclassification of concentration camps. Mauthausen is classified as a
Category III camp for “heavily accused prisoners.” Also included is a letter,
dated July 26, 1943, signed by Ernst Kaltenbrunner, regarding the establish­
ment of labor reformatory camps. All are original German­language docu­
ments. Also filed under PS­1063. (Box 45)
USA 515–Affidavit of Alois Hoellriegl, dated Nov. 7, 1945, attesting to the
fact that he was a member of the Totenkopf SS, stationed at Mauthausen
from Jan. 1940 until the end of the war, and that he witnessed Kaltenbrunner
attending a gas chamber execution in the fall of 1942. Original, signed,
German­language document with English translation. Also filed under
PS­2753. (Box 45)
USA 516–Affidavit of Alois Hoellriegl, dated Dec. 17, 1945, testifying to
the authenticity of six enclosed photographs showing Mauthausen Com­
mandant Franz Ziereis, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, and Heinrich Himmler on
an inspection tour of Mauthausen. The photographs (3 by 4 in., b&w, cap­
tioned but undated) were submitted for verification by Lt. Jack Taylor. The
folder also includes an 8­ by 10­inch enlargement of each photo. Also filed
as PS­2614. (Box 45)
USA 521–Affidavit of Adolf Zutter, Adjutant of Mauthausen Concentration
Camp, stating that he saw an order, now destroyed, signed by Kaltenbrunner
for the Jan. 1945 execution of the American­British mission to Slovakia.
Original handwritten German­language document with English translation.
Also filed as L­51. (Box 45)
USA 526–Affidavit of Walter Schellenberg, dated Nov. 19, 1945, implicat­
ing Kaltenbrunner in several executions and testifying to Kaltenbrunner’s
conversations regarding 1944 visits to Mauthausen. Original, signed
German­language document with English translation. Also filed under PS­
2990. (Box 45)
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