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This reference information paper describes records relating to the Nazi­
operated Mauthausen Concentration Camp Complex. These records of both
U.S. civil and military agencies include documentation developed through
wartime intelligence and reconnaissance, captured during the camps’ liber­
ation, and generated through postwar military investigations and tribunals.
They include textual, photographic, motion picture, and cartographic
records, spanning the period 1938–ca. 1960, in the National Archives at
College Park, Maryland.
National Archives reference information papers are part of a comprehen­
sive descriptive program designed to help researchers find their way through
the voluminous records in our holdings. Topics addressed in other recent
volumes include four titles in the series Records Relating to Personal
Participation in World War II: “The American Soldier Surveys” (RIP 78),
American Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees (RIP 80), American Military
Casualties and Burials (RIP 82), and Military Awards and Decorations (RIP
92); World War II Records in the Cartographic and Architectural Branch of the
National Archives (RIP 79); and Records Relating to American Prisoners of War
and Missing­in­Action Personnel from the Korean War and During the Cold
War Era (RIP 102).
The National Archives has produced numerous microfilm publications of
records pertaining to Nazi war crimes and war crimes trials, several of which
are described in this volume. Other Holocaust­related publications include The
Holocaust, Israel, and the Jews: Motion Pictures in the National Archives (1989)
and Holocaust­Era Assets: A Finding Aid to Records of the National Archives at
College Park, Maryland (1999). Additional materials relating to concentration
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