Lind Castle (Schloss Lind) subcamp was closely connected to the St Lambrecht Monastery, according to Volume 1 of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopaedia of the Camps, which identifies it as a subcamp of Mauthausen, rather than of Dachau. It was established on 22nd June 1942 with a transfer of 20 prisoners from Dachau, which administered it until 19th November of that same year. The subcamp was then transferred to the Mauthausen subcamp system, along with two other Dachau subcamps, Passau I and St Lambrecht mens camp. This also seems to have marked a turning point in the treatment of the prisoners, probably due to a change in camp guards. Former inmates said that there was only ever a small SS detachment guarding the camp commanded by a succession of four Unterscharführers, of whom one, Josef Schmidt, is reported to have brutally beaten the prisoners.

 

The inmates of Lind Castle included 9 Poles, 4 red Spaniards, 3 Czechs, 9 Germans and various French and Russian PoWs. The prisoners worked in agriculture and on construction tasks. They were held as 'protective custody' prisoners on the third floor of the castle, which means that the subcamp was fairly small and the conditions reasonable in comparison to other camps. Employment in agriculture also helped to provide a decent amount of food. 

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There were occasional transfers back to Mauthausen and on 3rd May 1945 the order was given to evacuate the prisoners there. The advance of the allies subsequently necessitated a return to Lind Castle, which was liberated on 5th May by the Austrian Freedom Movement. British soldiers reached the camp on either 11th or 12th May. 

 

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