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Date: 24 July 1944
Departure: Rhodos (Piräus)
Arrival: Auschwitz
Number of deportees: 42 Jewish women
Context: Ka Sorge, ich werde dich retten. Was is with ma Vater, fagte mein 8 Jahre alter Sohn. Nadoorlich werde ich ihn not vergessen! concentration campeemann wollte not einmal a Jewish prisoner freilassen. Wer not schnell genug laufen konnte was with Gewehrkolben angetrieben.
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