Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Tarnow: An Auschwitz Memorial for Poles


Walking through Tarnow we came upon this Auschwitz Memorial.

On June 14th 1940 a group of 228 Polish civilians (including 20 Jews) were brought to Auschwitz from Tarnow. This is considered the date Auschwitz "opened".

The triangle with the P was the sign they had on their prisoners' uniform in Auschwitz.

Out of these 728 persons, 200 survived.

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