The story
Date: 26 June 1939
Departure: Wien-Schwechat
Arrival: Ravensbrück on 29 June 1939
Number of deportees: 440 Roma women and children
Context: A survivor later recalled that many deportees had been told they were being sent away for only a few weeks of work. After a three-day journey, they arrived at Ravensbrück and were confronted with imprisonment in the camp.
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