The deportation

Chapter I “The world of concentration camps”

1. The concentration camp (Konzentrationslager)

 

Postal receipt concerning the sending of money to prisoner no. 49.

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Auschwitz 1 was opened on June 14, 1940 with the arrival of the first convoy which included 728 polish citizens. The victims were about four millions

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Art proof

Postal card sent by the political prisoner no. 379, that is one of those 728 who were part of the first convoy arrived at Auschwitz.

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