Tag Archives: Women’s Rights

Jan 7, 1942 – 294 days in Auschwitz #Holocaust 2,000 Jews arrive from Augustow ghetto

Posted on January 7, 2013 by admin

296 men are registered with the numbers 85525-85820; 215 women are registered with numbers #28069-28283. Approximately, 1489 people are killed in the gas. On this same day “The Commandant’s Office receives the WVHA travel permit for a truck to Dessau … Continue reading →

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St. Nicolas Day 1942 – a sad day in Holocaust History: 2,000 women are executed in Birkenau

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

“In the women’s camp in Birkenau, the SS carry out a large-scale selection, which lasts the entire day. Afterward, approximately 2,000 young, healthy, and able-bodied women are brought to the gas chambers in the bunkers”* (Czech 279). *In their accounts, … Continue reading →

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210th Day in Auschwitz, 28 Oct. 1942 #Holocaust – The first transport from Czechoslovakia arrives

Posted on October 28, 2012 by admin

1,866 Jewish men, women and children from Theresienstadt ghetto are sent to Auschwitz as the result of “appeasement”. After the selection 215 men (#71060-71274) and 32 women (#23375-23306) are admitted into the camp. The remaining 1,619 men, women and children … Continue reading →

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203rd Day in Auschwitz – 21 Oct 1942 #Holocaust “830 Dutch Jews are killed in the gas chambers…

Posted on October 21, 2012 by admin

Two Jewish transports arrived in Auschwitz on this day in 1942. One was from Slovakia, there is no total on the number of men, women and children killed in the gas chambers, but only 78 women (#22801-22878) and 121 men (#69073-69211) … Continue reading →

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