Death Ladder

1942

The year is 1942.

Death Ladder.

It forced prisoners to carry 50-kilogram blocks of granite up the 186 steps of the quarry in the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Exhausted prisoners often fell on other prisoners, creating a horrifying domino effect

Contributed by OldPik on January 6, 2025

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