Radio Gdańsk News in English: Auschwitz Museum issues international plea for aid on 80th anniversary
Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the first transfer of prisoners to the infamous Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz. On June 14, 1940, Nazi soldiers brought 728 Poles to the Auschwitz camp, which was still under construction at the time, marking the beginning of one of the darkest chapters in modern history.