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sale of a building which once operated as a brothel for Gusen prisoners concentration camp anger has arisen in austria,
Local authorities and a nearby memorial organization expressed surprise that the semi-detached house had been listed by an estate agent with no mention of its horrific wartime past.
old bungalow, advertised on a Property The website was described as only “a house with a history” and suitable for renovation, which was first reported by the regional newspaper oon On 28th November.
The list highlights the house’s proximity to kindergartens, schools and shops – but does not include any information about its use during the Holocaust.
It was originally built as part of the Gusen camp complex, which the Nazi regime established in 1939 near a mine north of the Danube.
The property was used as a brothel from June 1942 where women lived prisoners Selected prisoners were forced to provide sexual services.
The Gusen camp, less famous than the larger nearby Mauthausen camp, housed more than 71,000 people during the war; At least 35,800 died from forced labour, starvation or execution.
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Barbara Gluck, director of the Mauthausen memorial, said: “We only became aware of the advertisement on November 21 and are astonished.”
Local officials were also reportedly unaware of the list.
The Ministry of the Interior presented plans for the expansion of the Gusen Memorial on 17 November, although the former brothel was not included in the proposal.
A sub-camp of Mauthausen, Gusen is located between the villages of Sankt Georgen an der Gusen and Langstein in the Reichsgau Ostmark, currently known as the Perg district in Upper Austria.
It housed mainly Polish prisoners, although there were also large numbers of Spanish Republicans, Soviet citizens, and Italians.
The prisoners initially worked in the nearby quarries, producing granite which was sold by the SS company DEST.
The life expectancy of prisoners was as low as six months and about 35,000 are believed to have died from forced labor and starvation as well as mass executions.