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Children At Auschwitz Fought Guards At Trial
Witness Fritz Hirsch described Jewish children at Auschwitz resisting SS guards as they were herded to gas chambers. He recalled 30 to 40 girls aged 8 to 10 refusing to board trucks and being pulled onto them. He testified about Himmler ordering exhumation and burning of 60 000 gassed bodies.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Auschwitz
Fritz Hirsch
Hirsch
Drew
Hem
Hans Hofmeyer
Hofmeyer