The story
Date: 8 October 1940
Departure: Lodz
Arrival: Auschwitz
Camp registration: After arrival at Auschwitz, deportees were registered under prisoner numbers 5891–5893 , 5946–5949.
Context: On 8 October 1940, 7 prisoners were transported from Lodz to Auschwitz concentration camp.
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