A large group of liberated prisoners posing in the Mauthausen concentration camp, after liberation.
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27 Canary Islanders on the list of the dead in concentration camps

The official list of the dead from Mauthausen Gusen

Canary Islanders in concentration camps

27 Canarians listed among the deceased in the concentration camps of Mauthausen and Gusen (Austria), according to the Official Bulletin of the State published in August 2019 to simplify the corresponding death records.

According to the list, 11 Canarians came from the province of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and 16 from the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The document includes the first and last names of each individual, along with their date and place of birth, as well as the date of their death and the concentration camp where they died.

Most of the registered Canary Islanders died between 1941 and 1942 in the Gusen concentration camp, subordinate to Mauthausen, a complex that eventually came to be known as Mauthausen-Gusen, and which also received the most Spaniards.

Historical photograph of the antifascist uprising in Spain, with a large crowd celebrating the liberation of a concentration camp, holding a sign welcoming the liberal forces.

From the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife came four men who resided in the capital, two in La Laguna, one in San Juan de la Rambla, one in Los Silos, one in La Orotava, three in Santa Cruz de La Palma, two in Garafía, one in Tijarafe, and another in Hermigua (La Gomera).

From the province of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, there were eight men from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, one from Ingenio, and two from Lanzarote. After the publication of this list in the BOE, family members and interested parties had one month to request corrections. This way, the missing data could be included in the death record.

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