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Auschwitz Train Escape

How a handful of Belgian Jews escaped from a train heading to Auschwitz with the help of the resistance.

In 1943, a group of Belgian Jews escaped from a train bound for the gas chambers at Auschwitz. In the only incident of its kind, they were helped by members of the Belgian resistance. Simon Gronowski was just 11 years old when he jumped from the train to safety.

(Photo: Simon Gronowski with his parents. Credit: Private collection)

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Tue 27 Jan 2015 08:50GMT
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