Food Rations document discovered at Mauthausen Camp, Austria, in 1998

Weekly food rations for prisoners in all concentration camps:

Abbreviations: grams = gr, ounces = ozs, tablespoons = Tblsp, teaspoons = tsp
Product: Aug. 1, 1940 to
May 14, 1942
May 15, 1942 to
April 27, 1944
April 28, 1944 to
Feb 28, 1945
From March 1,
1945
Meat / meat
products
400 gr = 14 ozs
Daily = 2 ozs(1)
280 gr = 10 ozs
Daily = 1.5 ozs(2)
200 gr = 8 ozs
Daily = 1 ozs
250 gr = 9 ozs
Daily = 1.2 ozs
Fat total:
Butter or
margarine
Fat or grease
200 gr = 8 ozs
150gr = 1/2 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
50gr = 2 Tblsp
170 gr = 6 ozs
130gr = 2/5 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
30gr = 1.3 Tblsp
182.5 gr = 7 ozs
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83.33 gr = 3 ozs
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drippings Daily = 1 tsp Daily = 2/3 tsp
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Topfen /
cheese mix
Low Fat
Cheese
50 gr = 1/8 cup
Daily = 1/4 Tblsp
50gr = 1 slice
Daily = 1/7 slice
50 gr = 1/8 cup
Daily = 1/4 Tblsp
50gr = 1 slice
Daily = 1/7 slice
100 gr = 1/4 cup
Daily = 1/2 Tblsp
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41.66 gr = 1/8 cup
Daily = 1/4 Tblsp
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Rye bread 2740 gr = 3 loaves
Daily = 1/2 loaf
2450 gr = 3 loaves
Daily = 1/2 loaf
2600 gr = 3 loaves
Daily = 1/2 loaf
1750 gr = 2 loaves
Daily = 1/3 loaf
Sugar 80 gr = 1/3 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
80 gr = 1/3 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
80 gr = 1/3 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
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Marmalade 100 gr = 1/4 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
100 gr = 1/4 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
100 gr = 1/4 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
260 gr = 2/3 cup
Daily = 2 Tblsp
Vitamins 150 gr 150 gr 255 gr (3) ---------
Flour or
mixed flour
225 gr = 1/2 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
125 gr = 1/4 cup
Daily = Tblsp
125 gr = 1/4 cup
Daily = Tblsp
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Low Fat
Milk
--------- --------- 1.7 liters = 7 cups
Daily = 1 cup
1.7 liters = 7 cups
Daily = 1 cup
Fake coffee
(4)
84 gr = 14 cups
Daily = 2 cups
63 gr = 11 cups
Daily = 2 cups
62.5 gr = 11 cups
Daily 2 cups
33.33 gr = 6 cups
Daily 1 cup
Potatoes 3500 gr = 7
pounds Daily = 1
pound
5000 gr = 11
pounds Daily = 1
pound
2800 gr = 6
pounds Daily = 1
pound
3500 gr = 8
pounds Daily = 1
pound
Fresh
vegetables
2800 gr = 6
pounds Daily = 1
pound
2600 gr = 6
pounds Daily = 1
pound
4000 gr = 8
pounds Daily = 1
pound
375 gr = 3/4
pound Daily = 2
ozs
The extra rations listed below were given to those who worked in the armament
Factories, the quarry, and the mines. The extra weekly rations were:
Product: Aug. 1, 1940 to
May 14, 1942
May 15, 1942 to
April 27, 1944
April 28, 1944 to
Feb 28, 1945
From March 1,
1945
Meat / meat
products
400 gr =14 ozs
Daily = 2 ozs (5)
280 gr = 10 ozs
Daily = 1.5 oz
280 gr = 10 ozs
Daily = 1.5 oz
350 gr = 12 ozs
Daily = 1.6 oz
Fat: 100gr = 1/3 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
100gr = 1/3 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
100gr = 1/3 cup
Daily = 1 Tblsp
57 gr = 1/6 cup
Daily = 1/2 Tblsp
Rye bread 1400 gr = 2 loaves
Daily = 1/3 loaf
1400 gr = 2 loaves
Daily = 1/3
loaf(6)
1400 gr = 2 loaves
Daily = 1/3 loaf
1100 gr = 1.5
loaves
Daily = 1/4 loaf
Prisoners being transported to another camp should be given this amount of food for
each travel day: Rye bread = 500 gr (= 1/2 loaf), 50 gr sausage (wrst), and 60 gr
margarine.
1) From October 1, 1941, second rate meat or horsemeat was reduced to 320 gr From
Jan 1, 1942 this amount was further reduced to 280 gr.
2) From May 31, 1943 this amount was reduced to 200 gr At this time rye bread was
increased by 75 gr, and fat was increased by 12.5 gr.
3) Included in this was 175 gr of beans or peas.
4) If the prisoner selected "Deutscher Tee", fake coffee would be reduced from 9 to 4 gr.
5) From October 1, 1941, second rate meat or horsemeat was reduced to 320 gr From
Jan 1, 1942 this amount was further reduced to 280 gr.
6) This amount or less.
Many inmates also regularly received food packages from relatives by mail, often once or
twice a week. The German Red Cross also sent food to the camps.