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The hearing of former prisoner Géza Mansfeld, a Hungarian Jew

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Oświęcim, Poland

The hearing of former prisoner Géza Mansfeld (right), a Hungarian Jew, b. on 26 February 1882 in Budapest, pharmacologist, professor of the University of Pécs. In March 1944 he was arrested and held in Mauthausen concentration camp. On 15 June 1944 he was transferred to Auschwitz and registered as prisoner no. 189121. For most of his internment he was employed at the SS-Hygiene Institute in Rajsko. After liberation he worked in the PRC hospital on the site of the former camp. Photograph taken in April 1945 while he was giving evidence before the Commission for the Investigation of German-Hitlerite Crimes in Auschwitz. Source: APMA-B

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  • Title: The hearing of former prisoner Géza Mansfeld, a Hungarian Jew
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

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