And these are onlt the "sanitized" photos....Franz ZiereisThe...

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    And these are onlt the "sanitized" photos....


    Franz Ziereis
    The Commandant of Mauthausen
    August 1939 to May 1945


    Photo credit: Andras Tsagatakis Collection, USHMM.

    He allowed his eleven year old son to shoot prisoners with a rifle from their front porch. Ziereis was wounded by Allied soldiers and subsequently died some time later from his wounds. He never really admitted his crimes. 40,000 prisoners had perished in the first four months of 1945.




    Close-up of liberated prisoners showing their tattoos


    >img src="http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/photos/p16/pn8/p16805.gif">
    Liberated prisoners greet the 7th US Army


    Close-up of liberated prisoners waving to US soldiers



 
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