The Quarry At Mauthausen
Spanish Republicans at forced labor in the quarry at Mauthausen (1942) |
Photo taken just after liberation of Mauthausen on May 8, 1945, by American Gen. George Patton's troops. |
Today the quarry where so many died terrible deaths is quiet and still but for the occasional gentle breeze off the granite walls, or the hushed voices of tourists, or a parent summoning a child, or even a survivor describing what it was like here... then. |