Hi.
I will be in Saslzburg for a week late January. I am interested in current and former Jewish sites in Salzburg, and the area. Also, I am interested in visiting the concentration camps in the area.
Thank you for your help.
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Hello Marcia,
This the site to the concentration camp memorial in Mauthausen, which was the biggest on Austrian territory, and which is also the only one that still shows most remains and has been converted into a museum:
http://www.mauthausen-memorial.at/
Mauthausen is about 2 - 2,5 hours by train and bus away from Salzburg, if you are interested in going there, I will search for more detailed information and time schedules, might be easier to rent a car for a day and drive there.
According to my informations, most camps in the Salzburg area where forced labour camps who were under the command of the concentration camp in Dachau, near Munich, here is a map of all the different camps in Austria:
mauthausen-memorial.at/db/…
And this is a link to the memorial site in dachau with informations about them, unfortunatly in german only.
www.keom.de/denkmal/auswert.php…
It seems as if in the town of Salzburg directly, forced labout was mainly used for clearing damages after air-raides and for the terribly dangerous search for unexploded bombs, one of the articles says that the inmates were imprisoned in police barracks in %26quot;Hellbrunner Allee%26quot;, probably a local community member from Salzburg can say if there are any remains of this left.
This is the link to the Jewish community in Salzburg:
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Salzburg
Lasserstraße 8
A-5020 Salzburg
Tel +43 662-872228
office@ikg-salzburg.at
http://www.ikg-salzburg.at/
There is an old jewish cementary in Uferstrasse 47, but it has been closed, but you can contact the community to have it openend for you.
This might also be interesting: http://www.jewishnet.at !
Greets %26amp; Gut Shabbes,
Fritz
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thank you so much for the information!!
Marcia
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Gut shabbes to you, too.
Marcia
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Salzburg now has %26quot;stolpersteine%26quot; stumbling stones to commemorate Jewish families taken during the holocaust. I%26#39;m not sure of their exact locations but perhaps one of the sites Fritz recommends might be able to tell you.
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I recommend a visit to Mauthausen if possible in your schedule.
It is 1 hour 50 minutes by train with one change to the town of mauthausen.
for train info
www.oebb.at
The camp itself is out of the town perhaps 3-5 kilometers and probably best to take a taxi. It sits in a quiet area . You walk past the stone SS Barracks area to enter . A sobering sight.
The station or nearby place can probably call one for you. The ticket office can call one for your return.
Obviously the best way is by rental car.
I have visited Mauthausen several times, having taken visiting friends and also by myself.
Many say Dachau is a better visit , but I find Mauthausen better as you often are alone in various rooms and locations offering a most moving experience.
Many things still in their unchanged condition.
Audio guides and posters provide good information.
The quarry where many worked is nearby - just a short walk past many memorials. Many nationalities were prisoners there.
Few know that huge underground aircraft assembly plants existed late in the World War nearby to Linz. Some labor came from Mauthausen.
These plants blown up after the war. None remain to my knowledge.
It is very interesting to see the large numbers of school children that visit this camp.
More interesting to see their expressions and comments. Hopefully some learn from history.
Numerous prior postings regarding Mauthausen can be found here.
Just enter mauthausen in the search box.
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We were disappointed to find that Malthausen will be closed Dec 24-26 when we re in Salzburg. However, we are in Munich days prior. Does it make sense to go from Munich to Malth. and then on to Salzburg? We prefer to take local transportation as opposed to driving. Thanks
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Malthausen is not convenient to Munich via public transport - 3 - 3 1/2 hours by train with several tranfers. and beyond Salzburg.You would then need to return to Salzburg after your visit.just under 2 hours ( 1 hour 50 minutes) by train. A very long day with proper time at mauthausen.
Probably much better to do as a day trip from salzburg if schedule permits this.
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Thanks Vertical...do you or anyone else suggest renting a car from Munich in order to drive to Malthausen and then on to Salzburg? Not sure European car rental agencies operate similar to US where you can pick up and drop off in different locations. Perhaps I should start a new query as to car rental agency suggestions!
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Totally diiferent suggestion: Do you have a very spcial link to the camp in Mauthhausen, like family history or something, because when you are in Munich anyway, you could also go to the camp / memorial site in Dachau, which is only a 20 min. s-bahn journey away from the center of Munich, and as impressive as Mauthausen.
kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/englisch/content/…
One-way car rentals between two countries in Europe are always a costly affair, as you have to pay for either a collection tow-truck or a driver to basicly return your vehicle to the original renting point, as rental companies don´t really cooperate that much over here as in the states, eventhough they market under one brand. This is why the one-way fees are fairly expensive. Despite that, the system works very well.
Greets, Fritz
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Thanks Fritz. We are indeed planning to go to Dachau but understand that Maulthausen is less sanitized. We have toured several camps in Poland and try to pay our respects whenever we are near one as an affirmation of never forgetting the Holocaust. We will defer to your suggestion and stick only with Dachau on this trip. We will be in Munich far longer than Salzburg.
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