Anti-Fascists to remember this International Women’s Day: Ala Gartner, Róża Robota, Regina Safir & Estera Wajsblum were Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz. They were involved in the Oct 7, 1944 Sonderkommando uprising against the camp. (1/3)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderkommando_Revolt_in_Auschwitz
Auschwitz prisoners were subjected to forced labor at the WeichselUnion Metallwerke. Roza Robota led a group of women who smuggled small amounts of explosives into Auschwitz daily to three other prisoners Jehuda Laufer, Israel Gutman, & Noah Zabludowicz. (2/3)
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https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1942-1945/auschwitz-revolt
The explosives were subsequently used in the Sonderkommando uprising to destroy crematorium 4 and part of crematorium 5. The four women were caught, tortured, and hanged on Jan 6, 1945, two weeks before the Nazis abandoned the camp. (3/3)
