The Mühlviertler Hasenjagd was a Nazi war crime that took place near Linz in the Mühlviertel, a region in Upper Austria. In February 1945, around 500 Soviet prisoners escaped from Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in the Mühlviertel. Local civilians, soldiers and local Nazi organizations hunted down the escapees for three weeks, murdering most of them. Of the original 500 prisoners who took part in the escape attempt, eleven managed to succeed, remaining free till the end of the war. The SS later referred to the three week search as a hasenjagd, or „rabbit chase“. The outbreak itself and the fact that some did manage to escape were unique in Mauthausen’s history.
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The Quality of Mercy
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