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On Tues. 28 Jul 1942 A transport of 1,010 Jews (542 men and 468 women).....

1942-07-28

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A transport of 1,010 Jews (542 men and 468 women) arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in occupied Poland from Westerbork camp in the Netherlands; after the selection, 473 men and 315 women were registered; the remaining 222 were killed in the gas chambers Facility

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