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Reinhard F., German Sinto in Mauthausen concentration camp

The German Sinto Reinhard F. is already forced to perform compulsory agricultural labor before 1939. He narrowly survived as a slave laborer in Mauthausen and other concentration camps.

Segment from a video interview with Reinhard F., 2005: Reinhard F. describes how he is abused by the Hitler Youth (4:45 minutes).

Biography

• 1923: Born near Insterburg in East Prussia

• 1937: Leaves school; compulsory agricultural labor

• 1941: Arrest, odyssey through prisons, committed to the Mauthausen concentration camp, slave labor in a stone quarry

• 1942: Slave labor in the concentration camps Auschwitz, Monowitz, Rydultau and Blechhammer

• 1945: Death march, liberated in Mauthausen/Ebensee

• For the time being he is incapacitated for work, stateless, living in Bayreuth

• 1952: First marriage

• 1953: Moves to Aschaffenburg

• 1957: After a period of work disability, he works in construction

• 1958: Second marriage, two sons

A biographical short film (duration 25 minutes) from the interview with Reinhard F. has been produced for educational work.