One of Auschwitz’s first inmates dies
Camp's memorial took to Twitter to pay respects to Kazimierz Albin, the last living survivor of the first transport to Auschwitz
The last survivor of the first convoy of prisoners sent by the Nazis to the Auschwitz death camp has died at the age of 96, the camp museum said on Tuesday.
Auschwitz Memorial said on its official Twitter site this week: “With great sorrow we received information about the death of Kazimierz Albin, the last living survivor of the first transport of Poles to the German Auschwitz camp.”
He was one of to 150,000 non-Jewish Polish prisoners in Auschwitz. Half died there.
With great sorrow we received information about the death of Kazimierz Albin, the last living survivor of the first transport of Poles to the German Auschwitz camp (No. 118), a friend of the Memorial, a long-term member of the International Auschwitz Council. He was 96 years old. pic.twitter.com/24VyjSfsdE
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) July 23, 2019
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