Auschwitz
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“My grandfather lost his life fleeing the Nazi invasion, and many of his family members were sent to Auschwitz and did not survive,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
She was arrested by German officers in April 1944 and taken to Auschwitz the following month.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Crowds stand outside looking at old photos posted on bulletin boards, pictures taken of people before they were rounded up and transported to Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Just days before he believed he would be shipped to Auschwitz, which meant certain death, he escaped alongside Erno Erbstein, another Jewish coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
I thought about tattoos, about the connection, about the tattoo on Ema’s back, the tattoo on Antoine’s face—and most horrifically, the Auschwitz concentration camp tattoo forced upon a young girl named Elizabeth Sobek.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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