ABSTRACT
From the time of the Anschluss in 1938, the Spanish Embassy in Vienna, like other embassies, had been reduced to a consulate, and with Franco's victory in 1939 Spain's diplomatic missions moved into his hands. The Spanish Consulate in Vienna was situated at Argentinierstrasse 34 - almost next door to the SS and Police Court at Argentinierstrasse 16 - and the official who was the most closely connected with events in Mauthausen was Guillermo Pecker y Cardona, as consul in 1941 and as chancellor, or First Secretary, in 1944. 1
