26 February 1941 | SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler ordered expulsion of Jews from the town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz). The vacated residences should be reserved for the Buna-Werke construction workers.

In the picture: expulsion of Jewish inhabitants from Oświęcim.
Himmler also ordered that Polish workers and construction workers who could be used as a workforce for the construction of the Buna-Werke should not be expelled from the Oświęcim area.
Listen to our podcast about the construction of the IG Farbenindustrie plant (Buna-Werke) and the third part of the Auschwitz camp complex built next to the construction site: anchor.fm/auschwitz-memo…
Our online lesson about expulsions of Jewish and Polish population from Oświęcim and surrounding villages: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2019_wysiedlen…

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