Transport of Białystok children
Murder of 1,200 Jewish children by Nazi Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 21 August 1943, during the liquidation of the Białystok Ghetto, about 1,200[lower-alpha 1] Jewish children were put on trains and taken to Theresienstadt concentration camp, where they were held in isolation from other prisoners. On 5 October, they were told that they would be sent to Switzerland in exchange for German prisoners of war. Instead, the train went to Auschwitz concentration camp where all were murdered in gas chambers. The reason for the unusual route of the transport is still debated by scholars; it is believed to be connected to Nazi–Jewish negotiations ongoing at the time and the intervention of Mohammad Amin al-Husseini, who feared that the children would settle in Palestine.
Białystok children | |
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Date | 21 August–7 October 1943 |
Perpetrators | Heinrich Himmler Adolf Eichmann |
Organizations | Reich Security Main Office |
Camp | Auschwitz II-Birkenau |
Ghetto | Białystok Theresienstadt |
Victims | About 1,200[lower-alpha 1] children |
Survivors | None |