Photos: Mauthausen Quarry and Garage Yard
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| The "Death Steps" leading up out of the quarry. |
| There are 186 steps to the top. |
| Thousands of inmates were shot here or killed by falling rocks. |
| Inmates were pushed off this cliff by SS guards. It became known as the "Parachutists' Cliff." |
| View toward the south wall of the quarry. The East German memorial is visible in the upper left. |
| View across field where fifteen prisoner huts once stood. |
| Watch tower. |
| Exterior wall and watch tower. |
| Swimming pool for the use of the SS. |
| Exterior gate into the garage yard. |
| Detail of gate showing former location of Nazi eagle emblem. The eagle was pulled down by former inmates shortly after liberation. |
| Top of garage yard entrance gate showing remaining supports. |
| The garage yard. |
| 1941 over garage yard entrance. |
| The garage yard looking toward the command headquarters. |
| The garage yard. |
| The garage yard. |
| Section of wall overlooking the garage yard. |
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