Newsgroups: alt.revisionism,soc.history,soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.polish From: kmcvay@nizkor.org.nospam Subject: Holocaust Calendar: February 21 Followup-To: alt.revisionism X-Remember: http://www.nizkor.org [Follow-ups set] February 21 1940 SS-Oberfuehrer Gluecks informed Himmler that the former Polish artillery barracks at Oswiecim, after the addition of some sanitary equipment and certain construction modifications, would be suitable as a quarantine camp. The camp could be put into immediate operation upon the conclusion of negotiations with the Wehrmacht over the use of the buildings. (Czech, et. al, pp. 119-20) 1944 Two hundred sixty Jewish prisoners are transferred from Plaszow concentration camp near Cracow to Auschwitz-Birkenau. (USHMM, 1994. Pg. 29) Work Cited Czech, Danuta, Stanslaw Klodzinski, Aleksander Lasik, Andrezej Strezecki, eds. "Auschwitz 1940 - 1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp, Volume V. Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum: Oswiecim 2000. USHMM (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Fifty Years Ago: Darkness Before Dawn: Days of Remembrance, April 3-10, 1994. Washington, D.C.: 1994
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