Throughout the Second World War, inside of the concentration camps there were a number of different execution methods used. Inside of Auschwitz was a firing range known as the Death Wall, however inside of Gusen a sub-camp of Mauthausen the Death Baths or Totbaden were used. These were showers in which prisoners in the freezing cold weather were forced to stand under freezing cold jets of water. It's believed that 300 prisoners of Gusen were executed in this way.

But the horrors of the Death Baths included the fact that the showers often were intentionally blocked by the SS officers leading to a prisoner drowning. The freezing cold water led to hearts stopping and bodies being forced into shock and organ failure, but it was deemed not efficient enough to be used across other concentration camps. It was a horrific execution method.

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