deportations to Auschwitz

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Deportations to Auschwitz refers to the mass transport of Hungarian Jews in 1944 to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, where most were murdered as part of the Holocaust.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
deportation to Auschwitz 1
deportations to Auschwitz canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust deportation operation ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
authorizedBy Miklós Horthy government ⓘ
characterizedBy brutal treatment of deportees ⓘ
extreme overcrowding in transport trains ⓘ
lack of food and water during transport ⓘ
deathToll hundreds of thousands killed ⓘ
majority murdered on arrival in gas chambers ⓘ
documentedIn Nuremberg Trials evidence ⓘ
testimonies of Auschwitz survivors ⓘ
endTime July 1944 ⓘ
followedBy halt of deportations ordered by Miklós Horthy in July 1944 ⓘ
historicalSignificance central event in the destruction of Hungarian Jewry ⓘ
largest single deportation action to Auschwitz in the Holocaust ⓘ
implementedWithSupportOf Hungarian civil administration ⓘ
Hungarian police ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian Police
mainDestination Auschwitz II-Birkenau ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
method mass transport by train ⓘ
railway deportations in cattle cars ⓘ
moralCharacterization genocidal operation ⓘ
notableLocationOfRoundups Budapest suburbs ⓘ
Hungarian provinces ⓘ
organizedBy Adolf Eichmann ⓘ
Eichmann Sonderkommando in Hungary ⓘ
Hungarian gendarmerie ⓘ
partOf Final Solution ⓘ
the Holocaust ⓘ
linked to: Holocaust
perpetratedBy Hungarian authorities ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS ⓘ
precededBy German occupation of Hungary in March 1944 ⓘ
anti-Jewish laws in Hungary ⓘ
ghettoization of Hungarian Jews ⓘ
rememberedOn Holocaust Remembrance Day ⓘ
selectionProcessAtDestination immediate selection on arrival at Auschwitz ⓘ
most deportees sent directly to gas chambers ⓘ
startTime May 1944 ⓘ
targetedGroup Hungarian Jews ⓘ
timePeriod 1944 ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

late phase of the Holocaust ⓘ
tookPlaceIn German-occupied Hungary ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
victimCount approximately 437000 Hungarian Jews ⓘ
over 400000 Jews ⓘ
victimDemographics men, women, and children ⓘ
primarily Jewish civilians ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hungarian Jews → persecution → deportations to Auschwitz ⓘ
Anja Spiegelman → undergoesEvent → deportation to Auschwitz ⓘ
linked to: deportations to Auschwitz