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- ↑ Aldo Carpi; Corrado Stajano (1993). Diario di Gusen[Gusen Diary] (in Italian). Torino: Einaudi. p. 306. ISBN 88-06-12324-6.; Italian summary: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2006-05-18.
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- ↑ Stanisław Grzesiuk (1985). Pięć lat kacetu[Five Years of KZ] (in Polish). Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. ISBN 83-05-11108-3.
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- ↑ US Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Blacks During the Holocaust". Holocaust Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ↑ Simon Wiesenthal (1946). KZ Mauthausen: Bild und Wort[Concentration Camp Mauthausen: Pictures and Words] (in German). Linz-Vienna: IBIS Verlag.
- ↑ Simon Wiesenthal (1995). Denn sie wussten, was sie tun: Zeichnungen und Aufzeichnungen aus dem KZ Mauthausen (in German). Deuticke. p. 107. ISBN 3-216-30114-1.