Georg Bachmayer (12 August 1913 – 8 May 1945) was an SS- (captain) and member of the who served as the , with responsibility for prisoners while they were inside the Mauthausen concentration camp, he also oversaw granite production in the quarry. In this position he also inspected the satellite camps and supervised the construction of the Ebensee concentration camp. He was considered a brutal sadist:
Several examples of Bachmayer's brutality are described by Vasily Bunelik and General Officer Georges Loustaunau-Lacau:
Bachmayer committed suicide nearby Prihetsberg (Austria) on 8 May 1945, after shooting his wife and two children.Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich - Wer war was vor und nach 1945, Frankfurt am Main, 2. Auflage, June 2007, The Box from Braunau: In Search of My Father's War By Jan Elvin Publisher: AMACOM; 1 edition (May 2009) Language: English The Architecture of Oppression: The SS, Forced Labor and the Nazi Monumental Building Economy (Architext) by Paul B. Jaskot. Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (4 January 2000) Language: English
Bachmayer's awards and decorations in the SS War Merit Cross 2nd Class With Swords SS Long Service Award SA-Sports Badge in Bronze Anschluss Medal
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