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Victims who have not yet been identified

The quest to identify the remaining individuals buried at the Książenice memorial site continues.  We appeal to anyone with a connection to the death marches or their victims, if you have any additional information about the people or of their families, please pass it on to Yad Vashem. This will be a significant contribution to the important work of revealing the names and faces of Holocaust victims. 

 

Auschwitz no. 200901

A non-Jew deported to Auschwitz on a transport from Dachau concentration camp . Most of those deported on this transport were political prisoners.
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Auschwitz no. 169204

A Polish Jew who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on a transport from Bedzin on the 17th of December 1943. On arrival at Auschwitz he passed the selection and received the number 169204.The TransportOn the 17th of December 1943, an RSHA transport from Bedzin arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau with 800 Jews – men and women. On arrival, following the selection, 92 men received the numbers 169139 – 169230 and 169 women received the numbers 72060 – 72228 and became inmates of the camp.The rest, 539 people, were sent straight to the gas chambers and murdered.
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Auschwitz no. 862 A

A Jew who arrived at Auschwitz on the 17th of May 1944 from the ghetto-camp Theresienstadt.
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Auschwitz no. 7141 A

A Jew who was deported to Auschwitz from Hungary on the 24th of May 1944.
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Auschwitz no. 16827 A

A Jew who was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau on transport no. 76 from Drancy transit camp in France. On arrival at Birkenau on the 4th of July 1944 he passed the selection, received the number 16827A and became an inmate of the camp.
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Auschwitz no. 77274 F

A Jew who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 22nd of November 1942 on a transport from the Ciechańow region. On arrival he passed the selection, received the number 77274F and became an inmate of the camp.
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Auschwitz no. 6974 A

A Jew who arrived at Auschwitz from Hungary on the 24th of May 1944.
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Auschwitz no. 4270 A

A Jew from Hungary who arrived at Auschwitz on the 22nd of May 1944. He passed the selection, received the number 4270A and became an inmate of the camp
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Auschwitz no. 6743 A

A Jew who was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 24th of May 1944. On arrival he passed the selection, received the number 6743A and became an inmate of the camp.
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Auschwitz no. 15717 B

This inmate number is not recorded in the camp documents. It appears that the number was transcribed incorrectly.
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Auschwitz no. 13700 B

A Jew who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 25th of October 1944 from ghetto-camp Theresienstadt.On arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau he passed the selection and received the number 13700B.
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Auschwitz no. 170421

A Jew who was deported to Auschwitz from the ghetto-camp Theresienstadt. On arrival he received the number 170421 and was sent to the Theresienstadt family camp in Birkenau.
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Auschwitz no. 3231 A

A Jew from Hungary who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 22nd of May 1944. On arrival he passed the selection and received the number 3231A and became an inmate of the camp.The TransportOn the 22nd of May an RSHA transport of Jews from Hungary arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau. On arrival, following the selection, 2,000 of the arrivals received the numbers 5102A - 3102A. The rest were murdered immediately in the gas chambers in Birkenau.
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Auschwitz no. 201043

A non-Jew sent to Auschwitz on a transport from the concentration camp Dachau. Most of those sent on this transport were political prisoners
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Auschwitz no. 71972

This inmate was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 30th of October 1942 from Ravensbrück concentration camp. On arrival at Auschwitz he received the number 71972.The TransportOn the 30th of October 1942 the SIPO and the SD sent 186 imates from Ravensbrück to Auschwitz-Birkenau. On arrival they received the numbers 71841 - 72026.
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Auschwitz no. 334

The number is unclear.Number 334 was given to an inmate who was sent on the first transport to arrive at Auschwitz on the 14th of June 1940 containing 728 political prisoners; Polish men from the city of Tarnow.According to the camp records, this inmate died in 1942.
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Auschwitz no. 5778

According to camp records, this number relates to a Polish inmate who was deported to the camp on the 8th of October 1940 and who perished on the 25th of October 1941.
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Auschwitz no. BEZ NR

"Bez Nr" is a Polish abbreviation for "Bez Numero" – No Number.
No number was recorded for this Auschwitz inmate.
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