Memorial Initiative Gunskirchen-Edt
Guided walks around the site of the former camp with Angelika Schlackl, historian and educational guide at the memorial sites Mauthausen and Gusen
- September 13th 2 p.m.
- September 27th 2 p.m.
- October 18th 2 p.m.
2 p.m.
Meeting point at the memorial stone and the subcamp stele at the intersection of Lambacher Straße and Bundesstraße 1.
EUR 9,- per person
Information/registration:
Jutta Wambacher:
[email protected] phone: 0043-664 24 63 918
Commemoration 2025
Traces of Remembrance
Memorial Plaque in Gunskirchen
Gunskirchen Lager
During the last few months of World War II, in the so-called Hochholz near Gunskirchen (municipal area of Edt bei Lambach), there was a subcamp of Mauthausen. In the spring of 1945, more than 20,000 prisoners were forced here on the Death Marches, starting from Mauthausen, Gusen and many forced labour camps; 6,000 of them were murdered on the way or died from exhaustion.
Conditions in the camp were barbarous. There was hardly any water or food, and between 100 and 200 inmates died daily from hunger or typhoid fever.
On May 4th, 1945 the camp was liberated by the US American army.
Our Aims
The aims of the Memorial Initiative Gunskirchen-Edt are
- to research the history of the Nazi period and its victims in Gunskirchen and Edt bei Lambach
- to look after local memorial sites
- to organise commemorative services
- to actively oppose any form of fascism and anti-semitism.
Becoming a member
Would you like to support what we are doing?
Membership is EUR 25,- a year
(reduced fee EUR 15,-).
IBAN: AT98 2032 0321 0073 4453
BIC: ASPKAT2LXXX
Please fill in the form and mail it to [email protected].
Of course we would also be more than happy to learn about your ideas, or for you to become an active member of our team!