The story
Date: 6 July 1940
Departure: Sosnowitz
Arrival: Auschwitz
Number of deportees: 1,342 persons
Camp registration: After arrival at Auschwitz, deportees were registered under prisoner numbers 1283 – 1342, 1327.
Context: During the journey, the prisoners sat on the floor while SS men stood guard over them with machine guns. The transport reached Auschwitz on the same day. For a short time he was held in a prison in Sosnowiec. On 6 July 1940, he was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp. (to 1945 director the museum in Auschwitz).
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