Die KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen : 1945 bis zur Gegenwart

A history of the memorial site at Mauthausen, tracing its development from the liberation by the U.S. army in 1945, its transfer to the Austrian Republic, the installation of a memorial site and its use for pedagogical and political education since the 1960s, until its transformation into a central Austrian commemoration site for Nazi crimes (during the years 1970-2000) and a place for transmission of contemporary history. Originally presented as the author's Habilitationsschrift--Universität Wien, 2003. 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm