Stairs of Death
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The Stairs of Death were a brutal stone staircase at the Mauthausen concentration camp where exhausted prisoners were forced to carry heavy stones up hundreds of steps, often resulting in injury, collapse, or death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stairs of Death canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
site of mass suffering
ⓘ
staircase ⓘ |
| accessTo | granite quarry at Mauthausen ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Wiener Graben quarry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCrime |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Mauthausen forced labor operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology | Nazism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
beatings
ⓘ
exhaustion ⓘ falls ⓘ starvation and overwork ⓘ |
| constructedFrom | stone ⓘ |
| controlledBy | SS-Totenkopfverbände during operation ⓘ |
| currentStatus | preserved as a memorial ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish | Stairs of Death ⓘ |
| hasNameInGerman | Todesstiege NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | steps ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | site of remembrance at Mauthausen Memorial ⓘ |
| inUseDuring |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mauthausen concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializedAs | Holocaust memorial site ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extreme physical brutality
ⓘ
forced carrying of heavy stone blocks ⓘ high mortality rate ⓘ |
| numberOfSteps | approximately 186 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mauthausen granite quarry complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | Nazi extermination through labor policy ⓘ |
| primaryVictims | concentration camp prisoners ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cruelty of the Mauthausen camp system
ⓘ
extermination through labor ⓘ |
| terrain | steep slope ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| typicalAbuse |
beatings by guards
ⓘ
pushing prisoners to their deaths ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | forced labor ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Jews
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roma and Sinti NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ Spanish Republicans NERFINISHED ⓘ other persecuted groups ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ |
| visitedFor |
Holocaust education
ⓘ
commemoration of victims ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.