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Between July 1942 and September 1944 almost every Tuesday a train left for Auschwitz-Birkenau and Sobibor extermination camps, or Bergen-Belsen and Theresienstadt, in 94 outgoing trains. About 60,000 prisoners were sent to Auschwitz and 34,000 to Sobibor. At liberation approximately 870 Jews remained in Westerbork.
Eleven evacuated Auschwitz prisoners met their deaths at the hands of the Nazis on the road from Pawłowice to Jastrzębie Zdrój, 3 km. from the village of Bzie Zameckie. Their remains lie in the local cemetery. A cemetery bell is suspended between two trees above their grave. On it we read: “Eternal glory.
Duitsland. In Auschwitz, Anne and Margot, together with Auguste van Pels and about a thousand other women, were selected for a transport to Bergen-Belsen on 30 October 1944. [1] . The transport left on the night of 1 November 1944. On departure, everyone was given a piece of bread, sausage or cheese. A barrel of water accompanied each wagon.
This hat was issued at Auschwitz to Charles Bruml (born Karel Bruml). Charles was first deported to Theresienstadt in 1941 and from there to Auschwitz. He later went through Gleiwitz, Nordhausen and Bergen-Belsen, where he was eventually liberated by the British in 1945. Courtesy of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Road to Auschwitz. At the beginning of the 1920s, the Nazi party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei – NSDAP) was one of many radical political groups that gained support in Germany as a result of public dissatisfaction with the outcome of World War I. The loss of territory in the east, the numerical limitations on the army and ...
Prisoners were held in these camps prior to their deportation to other camps, such as Bergen-Belsen or Auschwitz. Overall, the conditions in the transit camps were similar to that of concentration camps – unsanitary and awful.
Aug 2, 2016 · As the German army suffered defeats at the hands of the Soviets in 1944, its forces fell back toward Germany. As they retreated, they also evacuated camps throughout eastern Europe, moving their captives to camps farther west. One destination was the Bergen-Belsen camp in northern Germany. Originally a camp primarily for prisoners of war ...
