The story
Departure date: 12 February 1941
Arrival date: 5 May 1945
Departure: Kattowitz
Arrival: Auschwitz on 5 May 1945
Number of deportees: 24 persons
Context: prisoners from the Kattowitz government district to Auschwitz concentration camp.
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