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Departure date: 26 June 1939
Arrival date: 29 June 1939
Departure: Wien-Schwechat
Arrival: Ravensbrück on 29 June 1939
Number of deportees: 440 Roma women and children
Context: Uns nadoorlich auch, ich and ma Schwestern. (..) Drei Tage with the Zug unterwegs. Ich was jung, 17 Jahre alt.
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