Members of the Totenkopf camp guards unit at Mauthausen concentration camp. The prisoners can be seen lined up in the background. The Totenkopf guards unit were a separate unit within the SS and were responsible for the running of the concentration and extermination camps. They are distinguished by the death's head emblem on their lapel. The 3rd SS Panzer division carried the name Totenkopf but were a fighting unit not involved in the administration of the camps. By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-78612-0010 / CC-BY-SA , CC BY-SA de,

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