70 Yrs Ago Today – May 19, 1942 in Auschwitz / Holocaust

“One female prisoner sent from Kattowitz receives No. 7455.

Prisoner Leopold Almasi (No. 32695) a Slovak Jew, is shot “while escaping”

The release of 47 Slovak Jewish prisoners is noted in the Occupancy Register.* The names and numbers of the allegedly released prisoners are not indicated.

99 prisoners and five POWs die in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

*Jewish prisoners are NOT released from the camp. These were probably transferred out of camp for execution. [emphasis added]” (Czech 169).

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