Everyone should visit at least one concentration camp, if they can. It is very disturbing but profound. Mauthausen was a slave-labor and death camp which functioned from 1938-1945. More than half of its 206,000 quarry-working prisoners died here, mostly from starvation or exhaustion. It stands above the Danube River in a peaceful setting. There are various statues overlooking the quarry where the prisoners toiled.
All over the preserved camp and plaques remembering individuals. There are yellowed pictures and sometimes fresh flowers. It is very moving because it puts names and faces on the victims.
The doorway to the execution area.
One of the crematoriums.
The gas chamber.
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