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A German officer escorts a convoy of prisoners along a street in Tarnów, Poland, June 1940.

A collector has donated a series of images showing the arrival of a convoy of prisoners that inaugurated transfers to the concentration camp in June 1940

File photo of Rudolf-Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, former military officer of Wehrmacht and member of military resistance against National Socialism.

World War II

Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff: The Nazi official who tried to kill Hitler 80 years ago

Alonso Martínez|Mar 21, 2023 - 20:02 CET

His was only one of several attempts made by German army officials, and he was one of the few conspirators that survived the war

Heinrich Himmler

First train to Auschwitz: Newly discovered photographs believed to show earliest Polish deportation

Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff: The Nazi official who tried to kill Hitler 80 years ago

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