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On Fri. 07 Apr 1944 Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from Auschw.....

1944-04-07

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Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in occupied Poland; they would cross the border to Slovakia three days later Facility

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