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Date: 23 November 1940
Departure: Warsaw
Arrival: Auschwitz
Number of deportees: 6,572 persons
Context: from the Pawiak-prison in Warsaw were 300 prisoners by order the commander the Security Police and the SD for the district Warsaw to Auschwitz concentration camp. Schornstein was on 23 November 1940 with a Transport deported to Auschwitz concentration camp.
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