“On June 14, 1940, the Germans deported a group of 728 Poles to the recently established Auschwitz concentration camp. The transported group consisted mainly of young people: scouts, students, and members of underground independence organizations. Among them were also soldiers who fought in the September campaign and were trying to reach Hungary to join the Polish army that was forming there. They were transported by trains from the prison in Tarnów, unaware of the purpose of the journey.”

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Wojciech Korkuć and Barbara Wojnarowska-Gautier, a former prisoner of Auschwitz.
The opening of “The First Transport” Exhibition at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw. Created by Wojciech Korkuć, curated by Daniel Echaust, photos colorized by Mikołaj Kaczmarek
Wojciech Korkuć being interviewed by Polish Television during the opening of the exhibition.
The exhibit creator’s handwritten corrections to the introductory text panel, “Germans/Niemcy” instead of “Nazis/Hitlerowcy”
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