Mühlviertler Hasenjagd
| Mühlviertler Hasenjagd | |
|---|---|
Block 20 after the escape | |
| Also known as | Mühlviertel rabbit chase |
| Location | Mühlviertel, Upper Austria 48°25′N 14°25′E / 48.417°N 14.417°E |
| Date | February 1945 |
| Incident type | Massacre |
| Perpetrators | SS-Totenkopfverbände, Sturmabteilung (SA), Volkssturm, Landswacht, gendarmerie, Hitler Youth, Austrian civilians |
| Camp | Mühlviertel subcamp of Mauthausen-Gusen |
| Victims | More than 489 Soviet officer POWs |
| Survivors | 11 |
| Memorials | Ried in der Riedmark |
The Mühlviertler Hasenjagd (lit. 'Mühlviertel rabbit hunt') was a war crime in which 500 Soviet officers, who had revolted and escaped from the Mühlviertel subcamp of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp on 2 February 1945, were hunted down. Local civilians, soldiers and local Nazi organizations hunted down the escapees for three weeks, summarily executing most of them. Of the original 500 prisoners who took part in the escape attempt, eleven succeeded in remaining free until the end of the war. It was the largest escape in the history of the Nazi concentration camps.