1943/05/25 – Auschwitz-Birkenau Ermordung Sintize Romnja Gaskammern

25 May 1943

On 25 or 26 May, 507 Sinti and Roma men and 528 Sinti and Roma women from Camp Section BIIe are selected at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp (German-annexed Poland) and murdered in the gas chambers. The victims are predominantly Polish Roma who were brought in from Bialystok (German-occupied Poland) on 12 May, and 76 Roma from Austria.

Lemma A–Z

Auschwitz Decree

Auschwitz-Birkenau (General Ledger Camp Section BIIe)

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