HOLOCAUST AND GERMAN BUSINESSES JOINED AT HIP
Auschwitz, German-Occupied Poland • June 14, 1940 On this date in German-occupied Poland 728 male political prisoners, Catholic priests, and Jews left Tarnów’s train station for Auschwitz concentration camp (Konzentrationslager Auschwitz), 80 miles/129 kilometers away. It was the first mass transport of prisoners to Auschwitz (Polish name, Oświęcim) since the camp was opened for business on April 27, 1940,…