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(The night of Wednesday-Thursday, November 1-2, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The second of three evacuation trains carrying Jewish women left the Auschwitz II–Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland today for the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany, with 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank and her older sister, Margot, 18, probably among them.
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The sisters had been at Auschwitz for less than two months, while their parents, Otto and Edith Frank, remained behind at Auschwitz.
This transport was one of several moving Jewish prisoners from the women’s camp at Auschwitz to other camps.
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Though the names of those transported have not been fully preserved, historical accounts suggest that Anne and Margot Frank may have been among the 1,308 women moved in today’s transfer.
Bergen-Belsen, initially regarded as one of the “better” camps due to its role as a transit center for Jews earmarked for potential exchange, has become infamous in recent months for its worsening conditions.