1943/05/22 – Deutsch annektiertes Polen Auschwitz Todeswand Erschießungen

22 May 1943

In the Auschwitz concentration camp (German-annexed Poland), 15 Sinti and Roma are shot at the ‘Death Wall’ after failed escape attempts. Five are German and ten are Czech. Among the victims are the teenagers Albert Bernhardt and Rudolf Stein.

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Auschwitz (Bricklayer School)

Auschwitz (‘Death Wall’)

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