The Mauthausen concentration camp was reached by two American armored vehicles, and the International Resistance Committee (among its members, the Italian Giuliano Pajetta), which had formed clandestinely in March, took over the camp, liberating it with weapons seized from the Nazis. At the time, the main camp held approximately 20,000 prisoners, almost all on the brink of survival. More than 10% died in the month following liberation. It is estimated that approximately 230,000 deportees passed through the complex of concentration camps dependent on Mauthausen. At least 120,000 people died.
