“On Auschwitz”: First Transport of Poles to Auschwitz in the accounts of Survivors

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On Auschwitz

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The official podcast of the Auschwitz Memorial. The history of Auschwitz is exceptionally complex. It combined two functions: a concentration camp and an extermination center. Nazi Germany persecuted various groups of people there, and the camp complex continually expanded and transformed itself. In the podcast "On Auschwitz," we discuss the details of the history of the camp as well as our contemporary memory of this important and special place. We kindly ask you to support our mission and share our podcast in social media. Online lessons: http://lesson.auschwitz.org

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“On Auschwitz”: First Transport of Poles to Auschwitz in the accounts of Survivors

On Auschwitz

30 minutes 2 seconds

5 months ago

“On Auschwitz”: First Transport of Poles to Auschwitz in the accounts of Survivors

On June 14, 1940, the Germans deported a group of 728 Poles from a prison in Tarnow to Auschwitz. Among them were soldiers of the September campaign, members ofunderground independence organizations, high school and university students, as well as a small group of Polish Jews. They were registered with nos. from 31 to 758. The podcast "On Auschwitz" presents fragments of testimonies of:- Kazimierz Albin,

- Jan Baraś-Komski,

- Zbigniew Bentkowski,

- Włodzimierz Borkowski,

- Edward Ferenc,

- Adam Jurkiewicz,

- Stanisław Maliński,

- Eugeniusz Niedojadło,

- Wiktor Pasikowski,

- Tadeusz Pietrzykowski,

- Bronisław Wajda,

- Alfred Wilk

- Stanisław Zyguła.

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See also our online lesson about this topic:http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_17_deportacje/

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Voiceovers:Tom Vamos, Greg Littlefield, Grey Stanford, Mike Skagerlind, Michael Takiff, Toon Dressen